It provides a rich overview of the state of technology development on the CSA and the prospective technical and policy action to advance the course of CSA towards the achievement of the CAADP productivity and sustainability goals. [...] More than ten years after the promulgation of the CSA framework, the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), the Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA), the West and Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF), the As- sociation for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa (ASARECA. [...] The central objective of the conference was to foster a continental and national CSA readiness to avert the negative effects of climate change and ensure the sustainability of agriculture, food, and nutritional security using the food systems approach. [...] As indicated in the conference guide, the objective of this conference is to: (1) Present and discuss progress on the state of CSA initiatives and the contributions of science. [...] Results on the effect of CSA adoption on the productivity of the sampled smallholder farmers show that the adoption of CSA was statistically significant at 1 percent level (p = 0.000) and positively correlated with the total value product (TVP) of the farmers.
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- 245
- Published in
- Ghana
