WRC DSSII Deliverable 8 report - Refinement of DSS

Mopani Water Dialogue 2024 report

WRC DSSII 3rd Ref Group Meeting

WRC DSSII Deliverable 7 report - Case studies in 3 agroecological zones

Just Add Water MUS Ladder Presentation (DU TOIT WISA)

EC-Matatiele_Resilience Participatory Impact Assessment - Nchodu

RESILIENCE SNAPSHOT new individual form

VSLA Enteprise Development Analytical Framework (WRC August 2024 Deliverable) SSI outline

CCA PPA Community xploration workshop outline

WRC DSSII Deliverable 6 report - Community owned water access case studies

WRC DSSII Deliverable 5 report - Resilience in food systems and marketing

AN newsletter article - UNDERSTANDING LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS - Temakholo Mathebula

AN CSO-SEED_Climate change adaptation and livelihoods enhancement learning event in Maobane

f4CJ Climate Change Presentation with CC impacts

WRC DSSII 2nd Ref Group Meeting

WRC DSSII Deliverable 4 report - Development of CoPs and multistakeholder platforms

CbCCA Methodology DSS outline

Improving Water Access for Climate-Resilient Intensive Homestead Food Production Practices

Microfinance Handbook for Smallholder Farmers in South Africa Nqe Dlamini

WRC DSSII Deliverable 3 Report

WRC DSSII Deliverable 2 Report

Inaugural Reference Group Meeting

WRC DSSII Inaugural Ref Group Meeting

Deliverable 1 report

Deliverable 11 DSS Finalisation

CCA Ref Group Meeting 4

Deliverable 10 CRA Pilots

Deliverable 9 Interim Report

Smallholder-level Decision Support Process Improves Resilience to Climate Change

Deliverable 8 Interim Report

Smallholder Descion Support Process for Climate-resilient Agriculture

Smallholder DSS No 1 - Community Climate Change Adaptation Process

Smallholder DSS No 2 - Impact of CRA Practices on Rural Livelihoods

Smallholder DSS No 3 - the Smallholder Farmer CRA Decision Support System

WRC VIA Chameleons

Deliverable 7 Interim Report

Reference Meeting and Progress Report 3

Resilience Snapshots - Case Study for 6 Participants from Limpopo

Deliverable 7 - Samukhelisiwe Mkhize - CSA Adoption and Adapatation - A sociological Study in Community Learning and Agency

Devlierable 7 - Facilitation Manual

WRC CCA Practices Presentation

Deliverable 6 Interim Report

Deliverable 7 - Team Planning Minutes

Community Based CSA Presentation

Presentation on Decision Support System for Climate Smart Agriculture for Smallholder Farmers

Deliverable 5 Interim Report Refined Decision Support System for CSA in Smallholder Farming

CCA Ref Group Meeting 2

Deliverable 4 Report on CoPs and Demonstration Sites

Water Research Commission CCA Practices

Deliverable 3 Report on Decision Support System for CSA in Smallholder Farming

Climate Smart Agriculture PES

Deliverable 2 Report on Stakeholder Engagement Case Study Development and Site Identification

Deliverable 1 Desktop Review of Climate Smart Agriculture and Soil and Water Conversation

Two associated Water Research Commission briefs namely - &quot;Collaborative Knowledge Creation and Mediation Strategies for the Dissemination of Water and Soil Conservation Practices and CSA in Smallholder Farming Systems&quot; (2017-2020) and “Dissemination and scaling of a decision support framework for CCA for smallholder farmers in South Africa&quot; (2022-2025), underpin the development of a coherent, inclusive community based climate change adaptation and resource management model for rural communities in South Africa.
This participatory research process has been undertaken in a number of villages across the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu Natal and Limpopo with the aim to create a participatory process for smallholder farmers to make informed decisions about implementation of climate resilient agricultural practices and water and natural resources management in their localities. The initial project worked on a decision support process for climate resilient practices related to soil and water conservation, gardening, field cropping livestock management and natural resource management towards a locally relevant decision support system, a choice of appropriate, tested practices for homesteads appropriate across a range of bioclimatic regions, options for use at a community-based level for awareness raising and implementation, recommendations for knowledge mediation and a model for community-based monitoring of CSA indicators. The follow-up process builds on this framework to develop further processes and practices and also to disseminate this approach as a working model for CbCCA across a range of stakeholders.

CCA PPA Community exploration workshop outline

Water Research Commission: Climate change adaptation for smallholder farmers in South Africa

BAF Progress Report Subgrantee July - December 2024

Progress report of tunnel installation in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park

Sokhulu baseline report

Training of Trainers (ToT) Garden training workshop at KwaDapha

Sokhulu floodplain resotraiton workshop notes

Sokhulu resotraiton workshop outline

Sokhulu restoration workshop report

Nkovukeni YES Youth CCA Workshop Report

BAF Progress Report Subgrantee Jan - June 2024

Day 2 Enkovukeni CCA Workshop and Demonstration Report

kwaDapha baseline report

Mabibi baseline report

Baseline climate information presentation

Nkovukeni CCA Workshop Report

Nkovukeni baseline report

Nkvovukeni vulnerability assessment - discussion presentation

Presentation for Isimangaliso MPA meeting

The project’s vision is to build socio-ecological resilience to climate change for the iSimangaliso MPA, and its connected estuarine systems, and the dependent communities that live in and around the iSimangaliso Wetland Park World Heritage Site.
Success for this project would see climate-related impacts and risks understood and reduced for the globally significant marine and estuarine areas of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, through increased effectiveness of conservation management, climate mitigation by restoration and protection of climate-relevant ecosystems, the introduction of ecosystem-based adaptation approaches, and delivery of social benefits and alternative livelihood opportunities.

iSimangaliso MPA Ecosystem Based Adaptation Project

NDC stakeholder meeting minutes

NDC Farmer Exchange Cross Visit

NDC Final Report

Strategy for sustaining the Northern Drakensberg Collaborative

NDC Core team meeting presentation

MERL for multistakeholder platforms - Karen Kotschy

NDC field visit October 2023

SANBI newsletter - Runoff Impacts of Both Restoration and CA in Bergville

Online core advisory group meeting

DRAFT v3 Upper uThukela Catchment Partnership Workshop Report

WWF-WSF Invitation to November workshop

Background information

Invitation to UTCP stakeholder meeting

Stakeholder presentation

This is a strategic water source area partnership of communities, public and private stakeholders that aims to
<ol>
<li>Enable coordinated governance and effective action on the ground to improve the resilience of the water source area,</li>
<li>Create opportunities for communities in these areas as well as shared co-benefits downstream and</li>
<li>Stop degradation of land and water resources to ensure compatible sustainable development</li>
</ol>
The process is being championed by the WWF and co-convened by the Institute of Natural Resources, the Centre for Water Resources Research at UKZN and Mahlathini Development Foundation.

Northern Drakensberg Collaborative

2024 Bergville CA trial plot layout

Echo Champs Bergville report November - December

November Ecochamps Restoration Report

Costone-Stulwane Water Walk Wetlands notes

Ezibomvini Water Walk Wetlands notes

Living Lake project summary

Global Nature Fund: Living Lakes replication project in partnership with the Wildtrust: Integrated
Basin Management in a Degraded Northern Drakensberg Wetland Complex, RSA.
Project objective: Sustainable improvement of climate resilient agriculture and water and natural resources management, and thus the living and environ-mental conditions, for over 375 people in the five rural communities of Stulwane, Ezibomvini, eQeleni, Vimbu-khalo and eZinyonyane in Bergville, in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Activities to include: development of local water and resource management plans, Conservation Agriculture, wetland rehabilitation, local water access (spring protection) and strengthening of local governance and structures.

Living Lakes Integrated Basin Management (Global Nature Fund, Wildtrust)

SODI Intro and Water Access Article (ndExtra)

Water innovations case study - Limpopo, Eastern Cape

CbCCA Presentation - ADH Training

SODI Interim Report August - October 2024

CbCCA Progress Presentation

Smallholder Farmers Cross Visit on Community Engagement in Local Natural Resource management

SODI Interim Report April - July 2024

CbCCA Presentation

Resilience Participatory Impact Assessment outline - WRCDSSII

Bergville Stulwane Young Womens' group  Meeting April 2024

SODI_2116ZA311 Interim Report Oct 23 - March 24

Youth entrpreneurship dialogue - Limpopo Programme detailed

CRA process presentation

CA 2023-2023 high level summary

GLSCRP Water Dialogue in Mayephu

Livelihoods survey report

Livestock Integration - goat production and CCs

SKZN and Matatiele SODI presentation

SODI_2116ZA311 4th Interim Report July - Sept 2023

ED Livelihoods Survey Results

GLSCRP GOVERNANCE CONSIDERATIONS

GLSCRP GUIDELINES FOR WATER USE IN RURAL VILLAGES IN GIYANI

GLSCRP Homestead food production in a changing climate - Resource pack

GLSCRP HOUSEHOLD WATER USE CASE STUDY FOR MAYEPU VILLAGE

GLSCRP WATER USE IN SMALLHOLDER FARMING SYSTEMS_HOW TO DEAL WITH SALINITY IN SOIL AND WATER

Limopo SODI presentation

Bergville Marketing Workshop report

Bergville_Marketing Review workshop presentation

Herb book for facilitators and small scales farmers

INR Gcumisa Multistakeholder Innovation meeting report

SODI_2116ZA311 3rd Interim Report April - July 2023

PGSSA Local marketing initiatives for rural smallholder farmers

SODI_Summary of activities per LG

SODI_2116ZA311 2nd Interim Report Jan - March 2023

SODI_2116ZA311_1st Interim Report

SODI Project Introduction Outline

Objectives:
<ol>
<li>Create and strengthen integrated institutional frameworks and mechanisms for scaling up proven multi-benefit approaches that promote collective action and coherent policies.</li>
<li>Scaling up integrated approaches and practices in CbCCA.</li>
<li>Monitoring and assessment of environmental benefits and agro-ecosystem resilience.</li>
<li>Improvement of water and natural resources management and governance, including community ownership and bottom-up approaches.</li>
</ol>

SODI-BMZ: Upscaling CbCCA in rural communities in South Africa 2022-2025

Framework for social-ecological community mapping and planning

Policy Brief - Co-learning for sustainable and equitable management of community resources

WRC-ESS Final Report Deliverable 5

WRC-ESS Final reference group - Erna's slides

WRC-ESS Ezibomvini - Stulwane Cross visit report

WRC ESS Impact of climate variability on restoration and crop production in Stulwane, Bergville

WRC ESS Proposed decision support framework

WRC-ESS Costone maps and overlays

WRC-ESS Ezibomvini maps and overlays

WRC-ESS Annual Progress Report Deliverable 3

WRC-ESS Presentation 2nd RG meeting - R Henriksson

WRC-ESS Interim report Deliverable 2

A collaborative research process under the WRC called” building social agency and local capacity for sustainable and equitable community resource management: A framework for co-learning, adaptive planning, and participatory mapping of land uses and ecosystem services” was undertaken by UKZN - Centre for Water resources research (CWWR), the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) and Mahlathini (MDF) (2020-2023). The intention was:
<ol>
<li>To enhance the knowledge base towards a shared understanding of the natural resource base, climate variability, community needs and priorities, and governance decision-making and power dynamics, and
</li>
<li>Co-learning for stimulating action, building social agency and improved decision-making and governance outcomes. This was done through development of a transdisciplinary social-ecological GIS support tool which was developed for decision making and management of water and natural resources, and locally defined land uses and development of a framework for supporting innovation and decision making for sustainable resource use management and improved livelihood opportunities.
</li>
</ol>

Resilience dashboards - all areas

WRC-ESS Maps Costone general

WRC-ESS Maps Costone Uses

WRC-ESS Maps Costone Vegetation

WRC-ESS Maps Costone Wetlands

WRC-ESS Maps Ezibomvini erosion

WRC-ESS Maps Ezibomvini vegetation

WRC-ESS Maps Ezibomvini wateruse

WRC-ESS Maps Ezimbomvini general

Maps

WRC - Social Ecological Systems

CA Adaptive research summary 2022 - 2023

CA Presentation - B. Jv Rensburg

CA Adaptive research for smallholders - Annual Progress report

MDF Livestock Integration presentation

CA Adaptive research for smallholders Interim Progress report

A brief reflection of the MT supported research to date

Annual Progress report

CA _Adaptive research summary

Interim Progress report

CA Adaptive research summary

Conservation Agriculture Innovation Systems Build Climate Resilience for Smallholder Farmers in SA

8WCCA - Erna Kruger Case Study

Mycotoxins

Cover Crops for Soil Improvement and Livestock Integration

Fodder Experimentation Progress Summary

CA-SFIP Maize Trust Presentation

Maize Trust VSLA Presentation

Soil Health Presentation

Learning Conservation Agriculture the Innovation Systems Way Article

Learning Conservation Agriculture the Innovation Systems Way Presentation

Landcare 8th Biennial Conference Paper

Smallholder Farmer Innovation Programme Progress 2018-2019

Significant Innovations and Progress for Smallholder Farmers in Conservation Agriculture

No Till Conference Optimising Conservation Agriculture System for Non and Semi Commercial Smallholders

Conservation Agriculture in South Africa - Lessons from Case Sudies

Farmer-Centred Innovations System Approach to Stimulate Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in South Africa Poster

The Potential for Payment of Ecosystem Services in Smallholder Conservation Agriculture

SFIP Progress Presentation

SFIP Farmers Day

Quantitative research support to the Conservation Agriculture Smallholder Farmer Innovation Programme, KwaZulu-Natal.
The Maize Trust-funded CA Smallholder Farmer Innovation Programme (SFIP) in South Africa, as conceptualized and implemented through MDF, has pioneered the use of agricultural innovation systems as a methodological approach for the promotion of an appropriate smallholder CA farming system, as well as awareness raising and adaptive research into specific elements of this system.
The programme was initially housed at GrainSA and is presently managed through Asset Research.
MDF has worked with smallholder farmers in CA learning groups, who
implement CA as farmer led trials and expand their implementation into
their whole fields over time. Around 480 smallholders across 43 villages in
KwaZulu-Natal (Bergville, SKZN and Midlands) have been implementing CA
for a period of between one to eight years, because of The Maize Trust SFIP
support. Processes explored are working in village based learning groups and farmer level experimentation to include practices such as use of different CA planters, reduced external input and organic systems, close spacing, intercropping crop rotation, multi-species cover crops, fodder production and supplementation, and livestock integration.

EC SKZN Annual Progress Report 2020

EC SKZN Interim Report

EC SKZN Annual Progress Report 2019

EC SKZN Annual Progress Report 2018

Cosmos Xaba Investigates Local Best Practice Options in Conservation Agriculture

Our work

Projects

Water Research Commission: Climate change adaptation for smallholder farmers in South Africa

iSimangaliso MPA Ecosystem Based Adaptation Project

Northern Drakensberg Collaborative

Living Lakes Integrated Basin Management (Global Nature Fund, Wildtrust)

SODI-BMZ: Upscaling CbCCA in rural communities in South Africa 2022-2025

WRC - Social Ecological Systems

MAIZE TRUST: Conservation Agriculture Smallholder Farmer Innovation Programme

WWF Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting Project Bergville

Associated Projects

WWF-GT Climate Resilient Agriculture In Mixed Smallholder Farming Systems

Resilient Waters: Community-Based Climate Change Adaptation in the Lower Olifants Basin

Smallholder Decision Support System

RESLIM-O AgriSI

Participatory Innovation Development Learning Programme

SaveAct

UNISA Short Learning Programme in Food Security