Date Signed: 2008-05-01
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Water & Sanitation, Water
The Regional Awareness and Communication Strategy for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Water Sector fulfils the call for establishing sector specific strategies and crafting, packaging and dissemination of messages and themes, which should be based on but not limited to SADC priority intervention areas.
Read MoreDate Signed: 2008-04-01
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Agriculture in the SADC region is the primary source of subsistence, employment and income
for 61 percent of the peoples of the region. Despite a diversified natural resource base, overall
agricultural growth and productivity have remained low over the past twenty years. The urgent
implementation of broad-based programmes to reverse the overall decline in the productivity of
the agriculture sector is a central priority in setting SADC Member States on the path of fast
economic growth and poverty reduction. The diversity of the region’s farming and livelihood
systems presents great challenges to policymakers in formulating sound agriculture development
strategies. But, even given this diversity, many countries in the region share similar problems
and opportunities. Cooperation in some of these key areas can yield significant benefits – as can
greater economic integration by taking advantage of natural comparative advantages.
Date Signed: 2008-02-01
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Issues: Environment & Sustainable Development
Southern Africa is home to abundant biodiversity, which contributes to the livelihoods of many people in the region. Therefore, this biodiversity is central to SADC’s objective of improving socioeconomic development. In order to foster this biodiversity in the face of regional underdevelopment and environmental challenges, SADC has devised a Regional Biodiversity Strategy.
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