Institute for Environment and Sustainability (Joint Research Centre)
Authors: Gommes, René; Kayitakire, François, Columbia University. Earth Institute. International Research Institute for Climate and Society
-ACIAR FOOD SECURITY AND POVERTY REDUCTION MAGAZINES
Climate variability significantly affects cropping productivity around the world, but perhaps nowhere more so than in eastern and southern African countries…
Food Security Volume 6, Issue 2, pp 217–2
Authors: Menale Kassie, Moti Jaleta, Alessandra Mattei
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.
BARAKA MBESA
Infograph demonstrating yield varieties under different cropping systems implemented in Mozambique.
Infograph demonstrating yield varieties under different cropping systems implemented in Mozambique (Portuguese).
A study on how the practice of CA under SIMLESA promotes aggregation of soil particles which improves overall soil structure.