A collection of Agricultural Innovation Platforms(AIPs) have helped in connecting farmers to value chains hence improving productivity.
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Authors: Abebe D.Beyene Menale Kassie
Mechanisation in maiz farming systems in Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia.
-CIMMYT.ORG SIMLESA has undertaken a multidisciplinary research approach bringing together sociologists, economists, agronomists and breeders to study how maize-legume conservation agriculture-based farming can best benefit farmers in Eastern and Southern Africa with promising results. Read more of this report here.
prepared by Rahel Assefa and Frédéric Baudron, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)
co-authors/ John Blackwell, David Kahan, Moti Jaleta, Saidi Mkomwa, Bisrat
contributors/ collaborators Getnet, Pascal Kaumbutho, John Sariah, Raymond Nazare, Djalalie Itana, Ephrem Tadesse
CASI multi-sector approaches help promote appropriate farm mechanization in Tanzania.
MELKASSA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER
Girma M., Dr. Adam B., Bisrat G., Friew K.
This brief looks into some drivers of value chain modernization for sustainable agricultural intensification.
