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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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Presentation

Gender achievements achieved under SIMLESA phase I work and scaling out plans for gender AIPs mainstreaming.

Working paper

A report on SIMLESA’s phase I challenges and achievements in preparation for the program’s second phase.

Working paper

prepared by Frédéric Baudron & Rahel Assefa, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)

Bisrat Getnet, Raymond Nazare, Ephrem Tadesse, Dorcas Matangi,
Rabé Yahaya

Policy brief

Learn about Bracharia grass, a promising livestock feed source and improvement for soil health.

Presentation

SIMLESA adoption and Impact Reporting and Learnings.

Farmer and extension manual

Manual guide for the practice of mixed crop and livestock farming .

Journal Article

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, Volume 105, Issue 3, pp 275–290 
Authors: Isaiah Nyagumbo,Siyabusa Mkuhlani, Charity Pisa, Donwell Kamalongo, Domingos Dias, Mulugetta Mekuria

Farmer and extension manual

Manual guide into how Conservation Agriculture (CA) can help mitigate the reduction in soil quality.

Media Report

-CIMMYT.ORG SIMLESA has undertaken a multidisciplinary research approach bringing together sociologists, economists, agronomists and breeders to study how maize-legume conservation agriculture-based farming can best benefit farmers in Eastern and Southern Africa with promising results. Read more of this report here.

Journal Article

Climate Change Adaptation in Africa pp 185-203. 
Authors: Kindie Tesfaye, Menale Kassie, Jill E. Cairns, Misiko Michael, Clare Stirling, Tsedeke Abate, B. M. Prasanna, Mulugetta Mekuria, Habtamu Hailu, Dil Bahadur Rahut, Olaf Erenstein, Bruno Gerard

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