Renewable Energy Enables Climate Change Adaptation for Smallholders
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Authors
Stevens, Lucy
Henderson, Chris
Taylor, Charlotte
Maria, Goss
Hopewell, Zheke
Issue Date
2018-11
Type
Language
en
Keywords
Agriculture , Climate Change , Development , Energy , Environment , Food , Gender , Sustainability
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Abstract
This policy brief supports Practical Action's 'Planting for Progress' campaign, which focusses on our work with smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe. Despite providing a significant proportion of the world's food supply, smallholders are often the most vulnerable to climate change. However, by combining conservation agriculture methods with solar-powered irrigation technologies, it is possible for smallholder farmers to not only survive, but thrive. This policy brief explores experiences to date with recommendations focussing on how approaches can be scaled-up.
Description
This policy brief accompanies Practical Action's 2018 Planting for Progress Campaign. It explores our work with smallholder farmers in Southern Africa, and provides recommendations on how conservation agriculture teamed with solar-powered irrigation can help transform smallholders lives and livelihoods, increasingly their resilience to climate change.
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Publisher
Practical Action
License
All Rights Reserved