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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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Working paper

This report provides an overview of initiatives undertaken under SIMLESA project during 2016/17 cropping season, highlighting achievements and challenges during implementation under each objective.

Policy brief

Learn about the importance of adaptive research on multifunctional mechanization and business development.

Journal Article

Technological Forecasting and Social Change Volume 103, Pages 240-248 
Authors: Munyaradzi Mutenje, Henry Kankwamba, Julius Mangisonib, Menale Kassie

Journal Article

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

Policy brief

This brief is based on a value chain survey carried out on the maize and legume seed sectors in Tanzania.

Policy brief

Brief on the advantages of conservation agriculture technology adoption for Kenyan farmers.

Working paper

An analysis of socio-economic characteristics of households that affect husbands’ and wives’ decision-making intensity on the use of income derived from crop and livestock sale.

Farmer and extension manual

See the profiles of two champion farmers, Peter Joctor and Dailess Kasawala, who through SIMLESA have adopted CASI technologies and the impact of the adoption in their lives…

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