-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…
This 15-minute video provides insights into the SIMLESA multi-partner initiative being implemented in five African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania
-CIMMYT.ORG A new video highlights the outcomes and achievements of the SIMLESA project and it features interviews with farmers and scientists…
-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.
Read about the technology packages implemented by SIMLESA in Malawi to aid the scaling out of CASI.
Learn about the role and gaps of scaling approaches in mainstreaming sustainable intensification innovations?
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
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment Volume 197, Pages 137-146
Authors: Jessica Bellarby, Clare Stirling, Sylvia HelgaVetter, Menale Kassie, Fred Kanampiu, Kai Sonder, Pete Smith, Jon Hillier
Learn how information campaigns drive adoption even under difficult market conditions in Mozambique (written in Portuguese).
