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Tanzania: Country Technical Note on Indigenous Peoples Issues
June 2012
The United Republic of Tanzania (URT) has a multi-ethnic population with more than 125 different ethnic communities. Four of these—the Hadzabe, the Akie, the Maasai and the Barabaig—identify themselves as indigenous peoples.
Kenya: Country Technical Note on Indigenous Peoples Issues
April 2012
The Republic of Kenya has a multi-ethnic population, among which more than 25 communities identify as indigenous.
Addressing climate change in East and Southern Africa
November 2011
Climate variability and change are expected to compromise agricultural production and food security severely in many African countries.
Smallholder conservation agriculture - Rationale for IFAD involvement and relevance to the East and Southern Africa region
September 2011
There is a growing need to investigate different crop production systems that prevent soil degradation while increasing productivity. Conservation agriculture (CA) offers a promising solution. Conservation agriculture is a climate resilient technology and management system that has demonstrable potential to secure sustained productivity and livelihood improvements for millions of climate-dependent farmers working in semi-arid areas around the world. Success stories are recorded for some countries in Asia, and in Australia and Brazil. However, for sub-Saharan Africa adoption of the technology has lagged behind these other countries, and concerns have been raised as to the suitability of the technology within the smallholder farming context.