Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Project Background and Introduction -- KEYNOTE PAPER: Strategies for land and water management in SADC: 4 experience from Malawi -- PART 1: POLICY CHANGES IN LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY 19 DEVELOPMENT: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES -- 1 Agricultural policy development: Effect on agricultural production in Botswana -- 2 Best practices in policy changes to facilitate technology dissemination -- 3 Best practices in policy change to facilitate technology dissemination in 45 Malawi -- 4 Land and water management technologies: adopting policy and best 60 management practices in South Africa -- 5 Best practices in policy to facilitate technology dissemination -- 6 Best practices in policy changes to facilitate technology dissemination in land and water in Tanzania -- 7 Policy framework for promoting land and water management technologies -- PART 2: TRANSLATING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS INTO LEGISLATION IN LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT -- 8 Farmer participatory evaluation of the potential for organic vegetable production in the wetlands of Zambia -- 9 Wheat (T. sativum) productivity under varying moisture management systems -- 10 A review of irrigation and drainage research and development in Malawi -- PART 3: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT -- 11 Prospects and challenges in integrating local and formal scientific knowledge for efficient utilisation of livestock feeds in mixed production systems -- 12 Impact of Farmer Field Schools on the adoption of soil, water and nutrient management technologies in dry areas of Zimbabwe -- 13 Review and analysis of research and development of soil fertility and water management technologies in Malawi.

14 Soil water dynamics in a mixed Gliricidia-maize-pigeon pea cropping system in the Shire Highlands of southern Malawi -- 15 Water conservation with the use of a basin plough on a commercial cale to stabilise crop production in Bafokeng, North West Province, South Africa -- 16 Importance of direct application of phosphate rock to soils in the SADC region -- 17 Comparative response of irrigated maize to organic and inorganic fertiliser at Kasinthula Research Station in Malawi -- 18 Land use and land cover changes and their implications for sustainable agriculture in the Irangi Hills, central Tanzania -- 19 Local knowledge and its role in sustainable agriculture in the southern highlands of Tanzania -- 20 Quantifying evaporation under various mulching strategies on two ecotopes -- 21 Forum for integrated resource management in Namibia -- 22 Communication strategy for agricultural activities that pose an impact on the water resources -- 23 Optimizing nitrogen application within the in-field rain water harvesting system on the Sediba/Sterkspruit ecotope -- 24 Application of an evaporation model to aid in crop productivity for small-scale farmers in semi-arid areas -- 25 A simple empirical method for estimating lime requirement in smallholder field -- 26 Rainfall variation in the Pandamatenga plains of northeastern Botswana and implications for cereal production -- 27 The role of local knowledge in managing water scarcity for sustaining agriculture in the drylands of central Tanzania -- 28 Managing risk, mitigating drought and improving water productivity in the water scarce Limpopo Basin -- 29 Spreading the word on fertilizer in Zimbabwe -- PART 4: COMMUNITY BASED AGRICULTURAL NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT -- 30 Conservation farming by basins breathes new life into smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe.

31 Towards sustainable LandCare practices in South Africa -- 32 Environmental education and environmental conservation projects -- 33 Community-based agricultural resource use and management in Swaziland -- 34 Capacity building in Smallholder Farming: Integration of enterprises to enhance homestead food security income generation -- 35 Local level monitoring for improving farming management -- 36 Basin management committees as a platform for enhanced natural resource management -- 37 Land use changes following conversion of Zambia's Kamenza forest reserve to agricultural land -- 38 Tenure reform and the future of communal rangelands in Botswana Identifying innovative mechanisms to overcome barriers to sustainable dryland management in Namibia -- 39 Identifying innovative mechanisms to overcome barriers to sustainable dryland management in Namibia -- PART 5: SOCIO ECONOMIC ISSUES IN LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT -- 40 Indigenous knowledge on soil and water conservation for crop production 523 in semi-arid environments -- 41 Economic valuation of irrigation and water management practices in Chingale Area Development Program of World Vision Malawi, Zomba, southern Malawi -- 42 Application of the in-field rainwater harvesting technique in rural communities in South Africa to fight poverty and food insecurity -- 43 Application of participatory soil erosion mapping and financial analysis tools in soil and water conservation planning -- 44 Evaluation of root zone soil water balance for maize (Zea mays) on a Luvisol in eastern Zambia -- 45 Contribution of cover crops to improved soil productivity -- 46 Socio-economic factors affecting the adoption of soil and water onservation technologies among smallholder farming communities in Malawi -- 47 Access and use of land and water resources across social groups and gender -- Annex 1 -- Annex 2 -- Back Cover.