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RESOURCES FROM SIMLESA

The section below contains links to 12 different categories of resources from SIMLESA including publications, multi-media, datasheets, media reports and factsheets among others…

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Policy brief

Learn how intercropping has improved productivity, food security and nutrition for farmers in Uganda.

Working paper

Report on MEL activities across the five core SIMLESA countries to inform program implementation.

Presentation

A presentation on the potential benefits from SIMLESA’s engagement with the private sector.

Working paper

This report describes the concepts of scaling employed in SIMLESA (and which can be replicated with modifications) to similar projects and programs in the region.

Working paper

Prepared by: Frédéric Baudron, David Kahan, and Elias Berta, International
Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)
Co-authors/ contributors/ collaborator: Girma Moges, Pascal Kaumbutho, John Sariah, Raymond Nazare, Moti Jaleta, John Blackwell, Saidi Mkomwa

Video

The Australian-funded SIMLESA research program underway in 11 African countries is helping farmers grow drought-tolerant and improved varieties of maize and legumes using conservation agriculture techniques.

Journal Article

African International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 
Authors: Alfred Micheni, David Mburu, Fred Kanampiu, Njue Mugai, Francis Kihanda

Policy brief

This brief is based on a value chain survey carried out on the maize and legume seed sectors in Tanzania.

social media