-ADDIS STANDARD
SIMLESA has helped farmers in Ethiopia become more than just subsistence farmers.
João Vasco Silva , Frédéric Baudron , Pytrik Reidsma , Ken E. Giller
Tom Agwa Agao, and Moti Jaleta State Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering Services, Bungoma, Kenya.
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Agricultural Mechanization
Forum of Ethiopia
Technical Brief
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This four-minute overview video describes in brief, the activities of the SIMLESA project. Its approach to smallholder farming is transforming maize-legume crop production in Eastern and Southern Africa. The project is helping smallholder, maize-based farmers double or quadruple their yields and income through good agricultural practices.
The results presented in this brief, demonstrates the efficacy of the demonstration approach to agriculture extension.
