Learn about the importance of adaptive research on multifunctional mechanization and business development.
Lungowe Sepo Marongwe, T Koza, Raymond Nazare, Moti Jaleta
-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.
Presentation on policy lobbying efforts for the scaling out of SIMLESA in Ethiopia.
Learn about the role multisectoral policy initiatives in mainstreaming CASI.
Institute for Environment and Sustainability (Joint Research Centre)
Authors: Gommes, René; Kayitakire, François, Columbia University. Earth Institute. International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Prepared by: Frédéric Baudron and Elias Berta, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)
Co-authors/ contributors/ collaborator: David Kahan, Girma Moges, Pascal
Kaumbutho, John Sariah, Raymond Nazare, Moti Jaleta, John Blackwell, Saidi Mkomwa
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.
Agricultural Systems Volume 151, Pages 217-224
Authors: C. Rigolota, P. de Voil, S. Douxchamps D. Prestwidge, M. Van Wijk, P.K. Thornton, D. Rodriguez, B. Henderson, D. Medina, M. Herrero.
CASI technologies have helped in developing resilience through paradigm shifts in smallholder farming systems (written in Portuguese).
