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This is the first technical progress report for the project and it covers the period from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2014. The report is intended to provide an abridged update on key deliverables during the reporting period. Sequential reports will follow the agreed reporting cycle, i.e. semi-annual reports covering the activities of each semester (Jan to June and July to December).

Les secteurs de l’agriculture des pays en développement absorbent environ 22% de l’impact économique causé par les catastrophes et risques naturels de moyenne et grande échelle. L’intégration d’efforts d’adaptation et de financements dans ces secteurs est essentielle.

L’agriculture intelligente face au climat (AIC) est une approche permettant de définir les mesures nécessaires pour transformer et réorienter les systèmes agricoles. L’objectif est de soutenir efficacement le développement de l’agriculture et d’assurer la sécurité alimentaire face au changement climatique. Elle vise à traiter trois objectifs principaux : l’augmentation durable de la productivité et des revenus agricoles (sécurité alimentaire); l’adaptation et le renforcement de la résilience face aux impacts des changements climatiques (adaptation); et la réduction et/ou la suppression des émissions de gaz à effet de serre (l’atténuation).
Par ailleurs, l’AIC permet d’identifier les systèmes de production, les institutions et politiques favorables, les mieux adaptés pour répondre aux défis du changement climatique dans des conditions précises. Dans un même temps, l’AIC vise à accroître la productivité et/ou les revenus.

The PROIntensAfrica project demonstrates the potential of the diversity of pathways for sustainable intensification in agri-food systems. It identifies future challenges for science and innovation to address. It documentates the salient characteristics of a successfull bi-continental research and innovation partnership, and drafts an outline for such partnerships.

The impacts of climate change  are reducing the capacity of natural resources to sustain the demand of the increasing population.

Tanzania, an East African country, is endowed with important land and water resources that have a high agricultural potential. Agriculture is a key sector of Tanzania’s economy, as it accounts for 24.1 percent of GDP and is the source of livelihoods for more than three-quarters of the population. Majority of the population still live in rural areas although urbanization has increased in the last three decades to reach 38 percent.

The United Republic of Tanzania which comprises of the Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar islands is located south of the Equator in East Africa between latitudes 1o – 12o South and longitude 30o – 40o east. It is bounded to the North by Uganda and Kenya, on the East by the Indian Ocean, to the South by Mozambique and Malawi, to the South West by Zambia, and to the West by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda. Tanzania is mainly an agrarian society with agriculture, the mainstay of its economy, employing more than 80 percent of the total rural population  and accounting for 26.5 percent of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with over 21% contributed by the crop’s sector. In recent years, Tanzania has attained self sufficiency in food production with annual surpluses, probably a reflection of enhanced capacity for the sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) situated in the context of a series of functioning farming systems.

The CCARDESA 2015 Work plan devoted attention to driving activities initiated in previous years, particularly 2014.The operational momentum of activities was built up throughout 2014 with the awarding of CCARDESA supported research grants and implementation of a total of 69 projects. Therefore, the focus in 2015 was on accelerating the implementation of these activities including those identified as quick wins or low hanging fruits in the CCARDESA Medium Term Operational Plan (MTOP)

This report highlights the key achievements for CCARDESA in 2015. It is organised around the four thematic areas and cross-cutting themes that are of priority to the region. These four thematic Areas are: (1) Farmer Empowerment and Market Access; (2) Research and Technology Generation and Farmer Demanddriven Advisory Services and Innovation Systems; (3) Knowledge, Information and Communication; and (4) Institutional Development and Capacity Building. Under a resource-constrained environment facing R&D institutions globally, emphasis in 2015 was strategically directed at innovative implementation of regional activities across all the thematic areas.

Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island, is home to an astonishing range of life forms found nowhere else on the planet. Much of this biodiversity is highly vulnerable to climate change. So too are the rainfed agriculture, fishing, and forestry that sustain the island’s 20 mil­lion people.

L’Agriculture Urbaine est une réponse à plusieurs maux des grandes villes du Sud: les espaces limités, les déchets domestiques, l’urbanisation sauvage, les crues et inondations, la pollution, la précarité et la vulnérabilité face au changement climatique. Elle peut désormais changer la vie de milliers de Tananariviens, au-delà des nécessités de la survie quotidienne.
Renforcer l’identité originale de cette capitale dans sa tradition agricole est une contribution cruciale dans la lutte contre le changement climatique, tout en créant des conditions environnementales saines et respectueuses de la nature et des hommes.

This Governance Manual is a guide to CCARDESA’s governance institutions (Ministers responsible for Agriculture and Food Security, the General Assembly, CCARDESA Board of Directors and CCARDESA Secretariat) in the conduct of their responsibilities and duties. It is also a reference document for all CCARDESA stakeholders who wish to know how CCARDESA is governed. It assures development partners that CCARDESA observes the principles of good governance to which they are bound in allocating their resources.