Slide 1Lindiwe Majele Sibanda (PhD)
Ratio of arable land to population declining by 40-55%
Growing water scarcity
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Crop COMESA Global
Maize 1.39 4.47
Rice 1.12 3.84
Wheat 1.38 2.66
Sorghum 0.67 1.30
Cassava 8.18 10.76
Beans 0.60 0.70
Bananas 4.69 15.25
NCAR A2a
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Promote agriculture growth with technology and institutional innovations
Innovate in crop systems [ICT, insurance, ]
Facilitate open trade and reduce market volatility
Expand social protection and child nutrition action [public, private]
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Weed control
Livestock integration in CA
Lack of supportive infrastructure
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
High illiteracy level
Low incomes with inadequate or non-existent access to finance for working capital
Uncontrolled grazing
Labour demand
Poor information flow 
Confused promotional strategies:
Agriculture policy is more trade- oriented than practice-oriented
There is poor information generation and dissemination
Dual agriculture mandate-household food security versus national food security and commercial agriculture
 
 
WHAT TO DO
the development of a national (medium to long term) CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE strategy
the inclusion of CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE into agric policy framework
 
 
 
Source: John Young, Networking for impact. Experience from CTA supported regional agricultural policy networks, 2007
Monitoring and Evaluation