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Updates from SIMLESA
-The Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Legume cropping Systems for Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa(www.simlesa.cimmyt.org)
ABOUT SIMLESA:
- SIMLESA has been running for 9 years.
- It is funded by the Australian Government through the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
- Implemented in seven countries in Eastern and southern Africa under the coordination of CIMMYT
- SIMLESA brings together farmers, scientists, government officials, extension experts and agribusinesses in an international Africa-Australia collaboration to promote sustainable intensification based on conservation agriculture.
Did you know?
The SIMLESA project has been determined to reach out to the policy community with the publication and dissemination of more than 57 policy briefs these have been variously disseminated at project annual meetings, other gatherings.
- Read from this vast library of policy briefs touching on different topics including adaptive agronomy, socio-economic, gender studies, among others
- Read this article on a policy forum in Mozambique, recommending the scaling out of sustainable agricultural practices.
- Read this article on a policy forum where farmers, researchers and policy makers call for stronger incentives and institutional innovations to scale up climate smart agriculture in Malawi .
- Watch this video of Radio Moçambique’s report on the SIMLESA’s policy forum; involving interviews with farmers and researchers.
