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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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Video

Here the Liganwa Farmers’ Group are showcasing their crops of maize that have been grown using a new approach that has seen some farmers more than triple their yields even though they’re spending less time in the field.

Policy brief

Learn about the importance of adaptive research on multifunctional mechanization and business development (Portuguese version).

Journal Article

International Livestock Research Institute 
Authors: Iddo Dror, Jean-Joseph Cadilhon, Marc Schut, Michael Misiko and Shreya Maheshwars

Synthesis Report

Policy brief

Learn how CA-based Sustainable Intensification practices have improved maize yields and reduced farmer drudgery in Kenya.

Working paper

Annual technical report on SIMLESA activities carried out by CIAT between July 2016 to June 2017 reporting period.

Policy brief

Brief about the key lessons from evidence gathered from SIMLESA’s scaling out efforts.

Farmer and extension manual

This is a series of 10 manuals in Amharic language. Topics covered include crop rotation and inter-cropping among other conservation agriculture practices.

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

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

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