Conservation Agriculture is Helping Ethiopian Farmers Become More Than Subsistence
-ADDIS STANDARD
SIMLESA has helped farmers in Ethiopia become more than just subsistence farmers.
Topic: Conservation Agriculture
Zero Tillage, Crop Residue Retention Practices Turn African Farms Into Breadbaskets
-AFRICA BUSINESS COMMUNITIES
Behind the SIMLESA project, is the story of thousands of farmers who have transformed their lands and increased earnings..
Merry-go-round’ groups spin Kenyan women farmers to success
-THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION NEWS
Rural women help one another grow more and better food by pooling their cash and sharing new farming methods…
Africa: Science Can Reverse ‘New Normal’ of Hunger and Climate Disaster
-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…
End of Eight-Year Project Leaves Farmers Ready to Tackle Climate Change in Africa
-CIMMYT.ORG
By mid-2017, SIMLESA had helped over 235,000 farming households adopt more sustainable practices to cope with the effects of climate change and declining soil fertility. “The work done by SIMLESA has yielded increasing farm-level food security…