This poster (written in both English and Chewa) highlights the importance of mulching in improving soil yield.
Researchers from CIMMYT’s Sustainable Intensification of Maize and Legume Systems for Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa (SIMLESA) meet recently at the Second African Congress on Conservation Agriculture in Johannesburg to discuss conservation agriculture systems as the sustainable basis for regional food security. This video provides background on the project which is now in its ninth year.
Guide into inter-cropping under CA in the high potential sub-humid western agro-ecology of Ethiopia.
Read about the technology packages implemented by SIMLESA in Malawi to aid the scaling out of CASI.
PNAS 113 (2) 458-463;
Authors: Romain Frelat, Santiago Lopez-Ridaura, Ken E. Giller, Mario Herrero, Sabine Douxchamps, Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, Olaf Erenstein, Ben Henderson, Menale Kassie, Birthe K. Paul, Cyrille Rigolot, Randall S. Ritzema, Daniel Rodriguez, Piet J. A. van Asten, and Mark T. van Wijk
This brief is based on a value chain survey carried out on the maize and legume seed sectors in Tanzania.
1. Introduction Agriculture in Zimbabwe is characterized by a dualistic structure.
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Authors: Abebe D.Beyene Menale Kassie
By Joseph Mutua and Pascal Kaumbutho
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