Land and water management in Southern Africa : towards sustainable agriculture ; proceedings of the inaugural scientific symposium of the SADC Land and Water Management Applied Research and Training Programme, held in Lilongwe, Malawi, on 14-16 February 2006 / edited by Calvin Nhira, Alfred Mapiki and Patrick Rankhumise.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mapiki, Alfred.

Nhira, Calvin.

Rankhumise, Sello Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture and state--Africa, Southern.

Agriculture and state.

Sustainable agriculture--Africa, Southern.

Sustainable agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (687 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pretoria, South Africa : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and its Member States are making renewed efforts to revive agriculture in the region. Given that much of it is water-stressed, appropriate and sustainable land and water management practices are vital to achieving this objective. Recognising this, SADC's Land and Water Management Applied Research and Training Programme has convened two scientific symposiums. Held in Lilongwe, Malawi, in February 2006, the inaugural symposium brought together R&D practitioners from 10 participating SADC countries to deliberate on land and water management for sustainable agriculture, and discuss how the most recent research and development advances in land and water management might be made more relevant to policy-makers as well as the region's small-scale farmers. The edited contributions to the first symposium appear in this volume. The second symposium was held in Gaborone, Botswana, in February 2007, and brought together regional experts to discuss opportunities for improving water use and water use efficiency in agriculture in semi-arid and arid areas. The edited contributions to the second symposium appear in a companion volume entitled Land and Water Management in Southern Africa: Towards Better Water Use in Agriculture in Semi-Arid and Arid Areas (AISA 2008). It is hoped that these two volumes will help to disseminate regional expertise on land and water management to a wider audience, thus helping policy-makers and others to strengthen the agricultural sector in the region, and, in so doing, improve its food security and the wellbeing of its people.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Project Background and Introduction; KEYNOTE PAPER: Strategies for land and water management in SADC: 4 experience from Malawi ; PART 1: POLICY CHANGES IN LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY 19 DEVELOPMENT: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES; 1 Agricultural policy development: Effect on agricultural production in Botswana; 2 Best practices in policy changes to facilitate technology dissemination; 3 Best practices in policy change to facilitate technology dissemination in 45 Malawi

4 Land and water management technologies: adopting policy and best 60 management practices in South Africa5 Best practices in policy to facilitate technology dissemination; 6 Best practices in policy changes to facilitate technology dissemination in land and water in Tanzania; 7 Policy framework for promoting land and water management technologies; PART 2: TRANSLATING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS INTO LEGISLATION IN LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT; 8 Farmer participatory evaluation of the potential for organic vegetable production in the wetlands of Zambia

9 Wheat (T. sativum) productivity under varying moisture management systems10 A review of irrigation and drainage research and development in Malawi; PART 3: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT ; 11 Prospects and challenges in integrating local and formal scientific knowledge for efficient utilisation of livestock feeds in mixed production systems; 12 Impact of Farmer Field Schools on the adoption of soil, water and nutrient management technologies in dry areas of Zimbabwe

13 Review and analysis of research and development of soil fertility and water management technologies in Malawi 14 Soil water dynamics in a mixed Gliricidia-maize-pigeon pea cropping system in the Shire Highlands of southern Malawi ; 15 Water conservation with the use of a basin plough on a commercial cale to stabilise crop production in Bafokeng, North West Province, South Africa; 16 Importance of direct application of phosphate rock to soils in the SADC region; 17 Comparative response of irrigated maize to organic and inorganic fertiliser at Kasinthula Research Station in Malawi

18 Land use and land cover changes and their implications for sustainable agriculture in the Irangi Hills, central Tanzania19 Local knowledge and its role in sustainable agriculture in the southern highlands of Tanzania; 20 Quantifying evaporation under various mulching strategies on two ecotopes; 21 Forum for integrated resource management in Namibia; 22 Communication strategy for agricultural activities that pose an impact on the water resources; 23 Optimizing nitrogen application within the in-field rain water harvesting system on the Sediba/Sterkspruit ecotope

24 Application of an evaporation model to aid in crop productivity for small-scale farmers in semi-arid areas

Notes:

The symposium was hosted by SADC Secretariat and the Malawi government. It was funded by the European Union through its 8th European Development Fund, and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-7983-0237-2

OCLC:

923563093