Researchers from CIMMYT’s Sustainable Intensification of Maize and Legume Systems for Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa (SIMLESA) meet recently at the Second African Congress on Conservation Agriculture in Johannesburg to discuss conservation agriculture systems as the sustainable basis for regional food security. This video provides background on the project which is now in its ninth year.
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This report written in Swahili, explains the important of writing agricultural documents in local languages.
An analysis of SIMLESA’s strategic approaches, constraints, level achievements and yield productivity in Malawi.
Brief highlighting key benefits of CA practices in terms of labor saving, increased maize yield and better economic returns on investment in Malawi and Mozambique.
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, Volume 105, Issue 3, pp 275–290
Authors: Isaiah Nyagumbo,Siyabusa Mkuhlani, Charity Pisa, Donwell Kamalongo, Domingos Dias, Mulugetta Mekuria
Learn how intercropping has improved productivity, food security and nutrition for farmers in Uganda.
Frédéric Baudron, David Kahan, Bisrat Getnet, Pascal Kaumbutho, Raymond Nazare, John Sariah; & Rahel Assefa
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
Brief on the advantages of conservation agriculture technology adoption for Kenyan farmers.
