Highlight of SIMLESA 2010 to 2017 results, progresses made and challenges.
TUMUHUFIDZE ZEBEDAYO MVENA
-ALL AFRICA
In 2017, climate and man-made disasters sent shockwaves across the world. For the first time in a decade, world hunger has also risen once more to affect an estimated 815 million people. Regions facing conflict in combination with the impact of droughts and floods fared the worst in parts of Africa and Asia…
Frédéric Baudron, David Kahan, Bisrat Getnet, Pascal Kaumbutho, Raymond Nazare, John Sariah; & Rahel Assefa
In this brief, multipronged approaches to scaling improve the reach of Conservation Agriculture-based Sustainable Intensification.
This study of the AIPs showed that both women and men experienced an increase in the yields as a result of better agricultural training.
This video on SIMLESA project highlights the importance of gender equity and social inclusion to achieving project impacts and outcomes, helping to drive transformative change towards securing a food secure future for Africa. Case studies and interviews with women and men farmers – including young people – detail how SIMLESA’s approach has re-shaped their maize-based farming lives.
Michael Misiko, Ephrem Tadesse, Alice Woodhead, Frédéric Baudron.
1 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Kenya
2 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Ethiopia
3 The University of Southern Queensland, Australia
4 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Zimbabwe
Manual guide for the practice of mixed crop and livestock farming .
