Stories – Page 4

SIMLESA to Share Lessons Learned, Experience Gained

Written by rllopez on January 30, 2015. Posted in News, Stories.

SIMLESA will use some of the lessons learned in implementing its work in Phase I to improve on its activities in Phase II.

By Johnson Siamachira

CIMMYT’s Sustainable Intensification of Maize‒Legume Cropping Systems for Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa (SIMLESA) project held two workshops to extract, document and package key messages and lessons learned, as well as experiences gained from the first phase of the SIMLESA (2010‒2014). Using appropriate channels, these will be disseminated to wider audiences and partners under the guidance of CIMMYT’s Communication Team.

CIMMYT embarks on planning Meetings to kick-start Second Phase of SIMLESA

Written by rllopez on October 7, 2014. Posted in News, Stories.

Participants at the Eastern (Kenya and Tanzania) SIMLESA 2 II launch and planning meeting in Arusha, Tanzania.

By Johnson Siamachira

From August to October 2014, CIMMYT held a series of SIMLESA planning and launch meetings in Malawi, Ethiopia and Tanzania.

The meetings were a follow-up to the launch of SIMLESA 2 held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in July.

Tanzania mother takes charge of change

Written by rllopez on July 10, 2014. Posted in Stories.

Through their own determination, and with support from local researchers, CIMMYT, ICRISAT, and organizations in Australia, sub-Saharan African farmers are applying improved maize-legume cropping systems to grow more food and make money.

On a hot August day near the village of Kilima Tembo, and amid the sounds of barking dogs and clucking chickens, Felista Mateo stepped out of the house she built by hand, walked into her fields, and proudly admired her maize crop. The plants reached toward the sun, verdant and strong. Her plot stood in stark contrast to neighboring fields, which were pocked by brittle, knee-high plants.

SIMLESA in Mozambique

Written by rllopez on July 10, 2014. Posted in Stories.

In Angonia District, of Tete Province, Mozambique,maize is intercropped with sugar beans, known as manteiga in the local language. The people here speak Chichewa, which is also spoken in Malawi. Weed control is a major problem in the region as herbicides are not widely used, and farmers do not always understand that they must weed all year long, not just when the crop begins to emerge. The farmers agree that weeding is easier on flat ground as compared to the ridges used in the farmers’ conventional practice. “Our ancestors used [ridges] to control against soil erosion, and we have continued to do so”, says Ernesto Jose, one of the farmers.

Farmers in Balaka, Malawi, prefer CA

Written by rllopez on July 10, 2014. Posted in Stories.

If Chrisy Samson Mpomola, a farmer in Malawi, were to choose a method of farming for her whole farm, she would choose the conservation agriculture (CA) method, with no ridges, where maize is intercropped with pigeon peas and herbicide applied (only Glyphosate) for weed control. Why?

Category: Stories

SIMLESA to Share Lessons Learned, Experience Gained

CIMMYT embarks on planning Meetings to kick-start Second Phase of SIMLESA

Tanzania mother takes charge of change

SIMLESA in Mozambique

Farmers in Balaka, Malawi, prefer CA

social media