A presentation on the potential benefits from SIMLESA’s engagement with the private sector.
-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…
prepared by Rahel Assefa and Frédéric Baudron, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)
co-authors/ John Blackwell, David Kahan, Moti Jaleta, Saidi Mkomwa, Bisrat
contributors/ collaborators Getnet, Pascal Kaumbutho, John Sariah, Raymond Nazare, Djalalie Itana, Ephrem Tadesse
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.
Prepared by Frédéric Baudron & Rahel Assefa, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)
co-authors/contributors/ collaborators
Bisrat Getnet, Raymond Nazare, Ephrem Tadesse, Dorcas Matangi, Michael Misiko, Rabé Yahaya
Agricultural Systems Volume 142, Pages 9-22
Authors: Caspar W. Roxburgh, Daniel Rodriguez
Presentation on a tentative review of SIMLESA’s achievements and questions arising from the review.
