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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 CA-based Sustainable Intensification practices have improved maize yields and reduced farmer drudgery in Kenya.

Farmer and extension manual

This is a step-by-step guide to conservation farming by use of rip-lines.

Working paper

Michael Misiko, Ephrem Tadesse, Alice Woodhead, Frédéric Baudron.
1 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Kenya
2 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Ethiopia
3 The University of Southern Queensland, Australia
4 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Zimbabwe

Journal Article

SBS Scholarly Articles [52]
Authors: Ndiritu, Simon W; Kassie, Menale; Shiferaw, Bekele

Working paper

A study assessing the role of crop diversification in minimizing the downside risks associated with the use of improved seed and chemical fertilizer in maize production.

Video

This video on SIMLESA project highlights the importance of gender equity and social inclusion to achieving project impacts and outcomes, helping to drive transformative change towards securing a food secure future for Africa. Case studies and interviews with women and men farmers – including young people – detail how SIMLESA’s approach has re-shaped their maize-based farming lives.

Presentation

SIMLESA’s outputs contributed to Kenya’s development strategy and priorities.

Journal Article

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 
Authors: Erin Lynn Wilkus and Daniel Rodriguez

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