Smart Technologies for Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture

1. Smart Agriculture: Scope, Relevance, and Important Milestones to Date
2. Climate Scenarios in Relation to Agricultural Patterns of Major Crops in Southern Africa
3. Advancing Key Technical Interventions Through Targeted Investment
4. Exploring Climatic Resilience Through Genetic Improvement for Food and Income Crops
5. Enhancing Gains From Beneficial Rhizomicrobial Symbiotic Communities in Smallholder Cropping Systems
6. Reducing Risk of Weed Infestation and Labor Burden of Weed Management in Cropping Systems
7. Opportunities for Smallholder Farmers to Benefit From Conservation Agricultural Practices
8. The Use of Integrated Research for Development in Promoting Climate Smart Technologies, the Process and Practice
9. Taking to Scale Adaptable Climate Smart Technologies
10. Food Processing Technologies and Value Addition for Improved Food Safety and Security
11. Models Supporting the Engagement of the Youth in Smart Agricultural Enterprises
12. Enabling Agricultural Transformation Through Climate Change Policy Engagement
13. Integrated Assessment of Crop-Livestock Production Systems Beyond Biophysical Methods: Role of Systems Simulation Models
14. Adaptive Livestock Production Models for Rural Livelihoods Transformation
15. Delivering Integrated Climate-Smart Agricultural Technologies for Wider Utilization in Southern Africa

Therese Gondwe, a Malawian, is an active member of the information systems and humanitarian response technical working group. She worked with Feed the Children Inc. in Lilongwe, Malawi as the Program Manager prior to this appointment. She has a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture from Bunda College of Agriculture, University of Malawi in 1995; a postgraduate Diploma in Management of Food Security and Nutrition Programs from the International Agriculture Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands in 1997, and an MSc Degree in Agriculture Extension from Reading University, Berkshire, UK in 2001. She completed her PhD in Human and Environmental Sciences at the same University in 2008. She has several years of experience in designing, implementing, and promoting adoption of integrated food security and nutrition project activities.