1. RWH SYNTHESIS PAPER by Paiva Munguambe Alex Mhizha; Bongani Ncube; Cláudio Julaia; Esther Masvaya; Isaiah Nyagumbo; John Dimes; Mário Chilundo; Muchaneta Munamati ; Oswin Madzonga; Sue Walker; Sylvester Mapandeli; Walter Mupangwa; Leading Institution: UEM/FAEF Final Scientific Workshop JHB, 15-18 th June 2009

2. Title Rainwater Harvesting to Cope with Climate Induced Risks in Smallholder Farming Systems in the Limpopo Basin

3. Agreed Outline Section I: INTRODUCTION (Paiva; Bongani; Walter & Sylvester) Section II: The NEED for RWH Techniques (Bongani, Paiva & Walter) Section III: EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES and PRACTICES of RWH Techniques (Paiva; Walter & Isaiah; Sylvester)

4. Agreed Outline… Section IV: EVALUATION of the EXISTING RWH Techniques (Walter & Isaiah; Paiva) Section V: NEW APPROACHES of RWHT (Julaia; Walter; Manuel & Bongani) Section VI: GAPS and WAY FORWARD (John, Sue Walker & Bongani) Acknowledgements References

5. RAINFALL SYNTHESIS PAPER (Mozambique, South Africa & Zimbabwe) Rainfall Risk Analysis for Rainfed Agriculture in the Limpopo Basin Walter, Sue, John, Manuel, Paiva? David?

6. Introduction Rainfed farming Crop water requirements Rainfall seasonal distribution Probabilities/chances/frequencies Materials and methods Map of the basin Rainfall data sources ( at least 2 stations per country) Instat SPI Results and Discussion (compare 3 catchments) Maize water requirements Rainfall amounts (CDFs) Start and end of rain seasons Frequencies Dry spell probabilities Drought – SPI Compare maize and sorghum for all 6 stations for the above criteria Conclusion and recommendations Possible Journals: Agriculture, Environment and Ecosystem / (Met Appl./J. Arid Environments)

7. Deadlines Country’s contribution due by 25 th June 2009 Leading Institution 1 st Draft due by 30 th June 2009 Comments from partners due by 3 rd July 2009 Circulating Final draft by 6 th July 2009 Submission of Final draft by 7 th July 2009

8. Thank You