Network Paper - 03 January 2011

Climatic Risk Analysis
in Conservation Agriculture
in Varied Biophysical and
Socio-economic Settings
of Southern
Africa

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    Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Regional Emergency Offi ce for Southern Africa (REOSA)
Rome, 2011

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Table of contents

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Foreword
Executive Summary

1. Introduction

2. Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa

3. Contextual Setting on CA Climatic Risk Analysis in Southern Africa

4. Towards Modelling a Conservation Agriculture System

5. Conclusions and Recommendations

6. References

Appendix A: Zambia Agro-ecological Regions
Appendix B: Zimbabwe Agro-ecological Regions
List of Tables
List of Figures