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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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Video

This video presents the outcomes of the SIMLESA project, featuring interviews with women and men farmers and scientists from four of the seven SIMLESA partner countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Policy brief

Learn about the role of research and knowledge management systems in promoting sustainable agricultural intensification.

Working paper

This report provides an overview of initiatives undertaken under SIMLESA project during 2016/17 cropping season, highlighting achievements and challenges during implementation under each objective.

Policy brief

Learn how information campaigns drive adoption even under difficult market conditions in Mozambique (written in Portuguese).

Journal Article

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment Volume 197, Pages 137-146 
Authors: Jessica Bellarby, Clare Stirling, Sylvia HelgaVetter, Menale Kassie, Fred Kanampiu, Kai Sonder, Pete Smith, Jon Hillier

Farmer and extension manual

This is a step-by-step guide to conservation farming using permanent Planting Basins.

Video

Here the Liganwa Farmers’ Group are showcasing their crops of maize that have been grown using a new approach that has seen some farmers more than triple their yields even though they’re spending less time in the field.

Policy brief

Learn of the effects of Conservation Agriculture-based Sustainable Intensification systems on soil quality from this case study in Malawi.

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