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.
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Learn how SIMLESA’s work is among this contributing to gender sensitive agricultural research for development.
Agricultural Innovation Platforms create strong support systems for climate-smart agriculture in Tanzania.
Journal of Agricultural Economics
Authors: Menale Kassie, Paswel Marenya, Yohannis Tessema, Moti Jaleta, Di Zeng, Olaf Erenstein, Dil Rahut
A paper on capitalizing on the role of livestock for a sustainable intensification of the mixed crop-livestock in the SIMLESA sites.
This study of the AIPs showed that both women and men experienced an increase in the yields as a result of better agricultural training.
Learn how CASI practices had good impacts on soil moisture, reduced erosion and increased yields in Ethiopian farms.
