The document summarizes the major activities of the Southern Africa Conservation Agriculture Working Group in 2014, which included advocacy, forming a national task force, contributing to national biodiversity and climate smart agriculture policy plans, and working with farmers practicing conservation agriculture. Specifically, it worked with 40 female-headed farmers in Samochima and about 30 farmers in Zwenshambe, providing basins, crop rotations, and some ripping.

1. By
Gilbert Kabelo Gaboutloeloe
Southern Africa Conservation Agriculture Working Group
Annual Meeting, Holiday Inn Hotel, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
30 - 31 October 2014

2. Major activities for 2014
 Advocacy
 National Task Force Formation
 National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
 Consultancy on Climate Smart Agriculture Policy
 CA/Agro-Forestry Policy brief
 Farmers Practicing CA
 Samochima
 Zwenshambe

3. Advocacy
 Task Force Formed in March 2014-COMESA-EAC-
SADC
 National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan -May
2014 UNDP
 A Comprehensive Scoping and Assessment Study Of
Climate Smart Agriculture Policies in Botswana June
2014-FANRPAN
 Eco-Exist workshop in Maun September 2014 BCA
(BEAAN thru BLEANSA)/SAREP

5. Farmers Practicing CA
 Samochima
 40 farmers
 38 female headed
 Basins and crop rotations-1 farmer ripping as well.
 Zwenshambe
 About 30 farmers
 No details

6. Thank you