1. Introduction Agriculture in Zimbabwe is characterized by a dualistic structure.
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SIMLESA project leader, Paswel Marenya reflects on 8 years of project learning.
In this series of 8 briefs , find information on policy action points to support sustainable intensification in eastern and southern Africa. Topics covered include scaling conservation agriculture practices, Tracing the process from research phase to the farm and actions for strengthening seed value chains, among other topic…
Minimum Tillage Package(MTP) helps save labour requirements for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia.
Food Security; Volume 7, Issue 6, pp 1299–1320
Authors: Menale Kassie, Jesper Stage, Hailemariam Teklewold, Olaf Erenstein
Policy lessons for sustainable intensification: At a recent policy forum in Mozambique scientists, agricultural leaders and farmers discussed the implications of 8-years of SIMLESA’s results. The forum highlighted several opportunities and lessons learned from SIMLESA on how to improve farmers’ yields while protecting the environment,
link them to markets and to stimulate the scaling of new farming techniques. Listen to scientists and farmers explain their experiences in the SIMLESA project.
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Authors: Abebe D.Beyene Menale Kassie
Learn how CASI practices had good impacts on soil moisture, reduced erosion and increased yields in Ethiopian farms.
