This brief is based on a value chain survey carried out on the maize and legume seed sectors in Tanzania.
Infograph demonstrating yield varieties under different cropping systems implemented in Mozambique.
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Rural women help one another grow more and better food by pooling their cash and sharing new farming methods…
Prepared by: Frédéric Baudron & Rahel Assefa, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)
Journal of Agricultural Economics 69:1, pages 76-95.
Authors: Menale Kassie, Paswel Marenya, Yohannis Tessema, Moti Jaleta, Di Zeng, Olaf Erenstein, Dil Rahut.
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.
