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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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Policy brief

Mulch is important in controlling soil erosion as demonstrated in this case study from Ethiopia.

Presentation

Presentation for policy lobbying for scaling out SIMLESA.

Presentation

Presentation on the recommendations offered for the completion of SIMLESA phase II.

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

Working paper

Prepared by Selam Hawassa Business Group PLC in collaboration
with EIAR and CIMMYT by
Farm Mechanization and Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification FACASI-II Project
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Farmer and extension manual

This study evaluates soil moisture and maize productivity under the tested cropping systems in Mozambique…

Policy brief

Learn of the effects of Conservation Agriculture-based Sustainable Intensification systems on soil quality from this case study in Malawi.

Working paper

This report explores how the SIMLESA program might evolve in future in a manner that is more relevant to the principles CSA.

Video

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.

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