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RESOURCES FROM SIMLESA

The section below contains links to 12 different categories of resources from SIMLESA including publications, multi-media, datasheets, media reports and factsheets among others…

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Media Report

-CIMMYT
A report on discussion made during a policy forum held in Malawi ..

Farmer and extension manual

A manual discussing the effects of pests responsible for the degradation of agriculture systems.

Policy brief

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.

Video

The Australian-funded SIMLESA research program underway in 11 African countries is helping farmers grow drought-tolerant and improved varieties of maize and legumes using conservation agriculture techniques.

Journal Article

Climate Change Adaptation in Africa pp 185-203. 
Authors: Kindie Tesfaye, Menale Kassie, Jill E. Cairns, Misiko Michael, Clare Stirling, Tsedeke Abate, B. M. Prasanna, Mulugetta Mekuria, Habtamu Hailu, Dil Bahadur Rahut, Olaf Erenstein, Bruno Gerard

Journal Article

Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Authors: Abebe D.Beyene Menale Kassie

Working paper

Prepared by: Frédéric Baudron & Rahel Assefa, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)

Policy brief

Research done under SIMLESA in dryland agricultural systems in high- and low-income countries has had great benefits for Australian farmers.

Media Report

-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.

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