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Presentation shares R&D efforts on rice under APPSA.

Presentation shares the R&D efforts on maize under APPSA.

Presentation describes the potential role of knowlesge management and communication in R&D projects.

Presentation describes the potential contribution of crop improvement in agricultural productivity.

Presentation discusses potential taglines for CCARDESA.

Presentation describes the CCARDESA mobile app development process.

Presentation provides details on cassava R&D efforts in Mozambique and Zambia under the Agricultural Productivity Programme for Southern Africa (APPSA).

Presentation provides an overview of the Agricultural Productivity Programme for Southern Africa (APPSA).

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in Lesotho though the Department of Agricultural Research (DAR) recieved funding to participate in the  Agricultural Productivity Programme for Southern Africa (APPSA) for six years (2020-2025). The objective of APPSA is to increase the availability of improved agricultural technologies in participating countries in the SADC region.  One of the  components of APPSA talks about supporting technology dissemination activities (extension, strengthening of innovation systems), hence the DAR felt it imperative that the differnt stakeholders within the agricultural sector in Lesotho needed to be made aware of the existence and operations of APPSA in Lesotho. This article gives a summary of the sensitzation campaigns that were held in all ten districts of the country.  

CCARDESA was established by SADC in 2010 to coordinate agricultural research and development in the region. Since then, the SADC Member States have maintained a high level of political commitment and a good appreciation of the importance of increased and sustained investment in agricultural research.