Researchers from CIMMYT’s Sustainable Intensification of Maize and Legume Systems for Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa (SIMLESA) meet recently at the Second African Congress on Conservation Agriculture in Johannesburg to discuss conservation agriculture systems as the sustainable basis for regional food security. This video provides background on the project which is now in its ninth year.
Prepared by: Frédéric Baudron and Elias Berta, International Maize and Wheat
Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)
Co-authors/ contributors/ collaborator: David Kahan, Girma Moges, Pascal
Kaumbutho, John Sariah, Raymond Nazare, Moti Jaleta, Paswel Marenya, John Blackwell, Saidi Mkomwa, & Djalalie itana
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Authors: S. Wagura Ndiritu, Menale Kassie, Bekele Shiferaw
M. Misiko, M. Tsegaye, B. Teshome, B. Getnet, G. Moges, F. Baudron, D. Tirfessa, E. Berta
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