Supplementary file 1_Innovations and policies for climate-resilient food and water systems

60 high-quality studies published from 2000 to 2025 were reviewed to analyze innovations and policies for climate-resilient food and water systems in sub-Saharan Africa. The review, authored by Lindiwe Maphalala, was conducted using PRISMA 2020 guidelines, retrieving 7,548 initial records. It employs thematic coding based on frameworks like Climate-Smart Agriculture and Integrated Water Resources Management.

Use Cases

• Identify effective climate-smart agriculture practices based on the review's thematic analysis.
• Assess policy implementation gaps for National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) based on the policy analysis findings.
• Evaluate the impact of integrated packages of innovations like improved irrigation and drought-tolerant varieties on productivity and adaptive capacity.
• Analyze constraints to resilience such as limited financing and weak governance based on the review's synthesized evidence.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on 60 high-quality studies, providing a focused evidence base.
• The review covers a 25-year time range from 2000 to 2025.
• It employs structured methodologies including PRISMA 2020 and thematic coding in NVivo.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 613.8 KB PDF, indicating a limited scope primarily containing the review document itself.
• Column-level documentation for any underlying data is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the text.
• Row count for any structured data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Lindiwe Maphalala

Collection Method

Systematic review guided by PRISMA 2020, with thematic coding in NVivo.

Time Range

2000 to 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 06:02:05; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sub-Saharan Africa