SADC Soil Health and Fertilizer Hub
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Food Systems Resilience Programme (FSRP) for Eastern and Southern Africa
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Agricultural Productivity Programme for Southern Africa (APPSA)
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The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme ex-Pillar 4 (CAADP-XP4)
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Resilience Watch: Climate & Disaster Risk Updates
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Intra-ACP Global Climate Chance Alliance Plus (GCCA+)
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Assessment of Digitalization in the Agricultural Systems of the SADC Region
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About CCARDESA
Sustainable agricultural growth and socio-economic development in the SADC.
The Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA) was founded by SADC member states to harmonise the implementation of agricultural research and development (R&D) in the SADC region. CCARDESA intends to address agricultural research and design issues in the SADC region through the following interventions:
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Our Impact

4.61M

Beneficiaries Reached

97000

Farmers Trained

3720

Number of Value Chain Actors Accessing CSA

41300

Lead Farmers Supported

Themes

Sustainable solutions creating scalable impact.

Agricultural productivity and food and nutrition security
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Capacity Strengthening of CCARDESA and AR4D Institutions
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Commercialisation of the Agricultural Sector and Market Access
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Knowledge and Information Management, Communication and Policy Support
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Resilience to Emerging Agricultural Risks: Environmental, Climate Change and Transboundary Pests and Diseases
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Women, Youth, and Social Inclusion
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Recent Programmes

Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA)
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Adaptation to Climate Change in Rural Areas in Southern Africa (ACCRA)
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Agricultural Productivity Program for Southern Africa (APPSA)
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Assessment of Digitalization in the Agricultural Systems of the SADC Region
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CCARDESA Herding for Health (H4H) Knowledge Management Project
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Climate Resilience in Natural Resource Management (C-NRM)
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Food Systems Resilience Programme (FSRP) for Eastern and Southern Africa
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Intra-ACP Global Climate Chance Alliance Plus (GCCA+)
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Management of Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR)
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Resilience Watch: Climate & Disaster Risk Updates
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SADC Soil Health and Fertilizer Hub
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The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme ex-Pillar 4 (CAADP-XP4)
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Projects

Impactful Projects Where They Are Needed The Most.

4.61

Beneficiaries Reached

74

Subproject Implemented

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Maize
Improving nutritional quality in maize in Mozambique, Zambia and Malawi
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maize
Disseminating improved maize varieties and agronomic practices among smallholder farmers
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storage
Development and improvement of inbred lines tolerant to major storage pests
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cows
Improvement of integrated maize / dairy production systems
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News

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Lesotho Mobilizes National Stakeholders to Operationalize and Domesticate Continental Soil Health and Fertilizer Commitments
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IKI Growing Greener Project Moves into Implementation Phase in Botswana
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Mbeya Fertiliser: A Homegrown Soil Health Solution for Strengthening Household Resilience in Malawi
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Events

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Oct 01, 2025 - Oct 01, 2025
Validation of H4H Training Materials -Virtual -October 2025
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Sep 29, 2025 - Oct 03, 2025
3rd DSL-IP Regional Workshop Southern Africa - Maputo, Mozambique
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Sep 29, 2025 - Sep 29, 2025
Training of CCARDESA Staff on Occupational Health and Safety
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Sep 23, 2025 - Sep 25, 2025
Regional Workshop on Rangeland Management and Herding for Health (H4H)
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