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What motivates and incentivizes farmers to venture into agricultural mechanization? - productivity enhancement & income - financial incentives & insurance This new 📝 by ⁦@kmulungu⁩ et al explores these issues in Zambia 🇿🇲 ⁦@BusyBeeChris⁩ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

▶️ Fall army 🐛 affect 🌽 production in SSA ▶️ CGIAR/ @CIMMYT developed tolerant 🌽 varieties ▶️ partnerships with NARES & private sector are 🔑 to fast track commercialization ▶️ But does it make business sense? ▶️This is where @CIMMYT economists come in 1/3

Before we plant the seed, we must feed the #SoilFirst - Dr Peter Setimela , #Zambia Country Rep for @CIMMYT urged participants at the #SIFAZ National Technical Symposium currently underway @CimmytZambiaRep #AgriSymposium2025 #SoilHealth #farming @NMunalula

"In God we trust - all others bring the data" says Dr Hambulo Ngoma! Amazing presentations by our colleagues from #Sifaz at the #nationaltechnicalsymposium run by @FAOZambia @cimmyt @HambuloN @Sieg_SAS @EUinZambia @MtendereMphatso

👂from the host’s mouth; Mr Jackson Banda shares experiences from implementing #SIPs under the ⁦@eu4mulimi⁩ funded #SIFAZ project in Zambia. ⁦ @FAOZambia⁩ ⁦@CIMMYT⁩ ⁦@BusyBeeChris⁩ ⁦@MtendereMphatso ⁦@isaiah_nyagumbo⁩ #TakeItToTheFarmer

Right on time for the #nationaltechnicalsymposium supported by @EUdelegation @FAOZambia and @cimmyt

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📢📢 HOTP: We assess the impacts of #CSA on livelihoods using a meta-analysis of peer reviewed 📝s. ▶️ we find +ve associations with crop & household incomes & food security, but not poverty reduction ⏩️ there is need to bundle #CSA w other options journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Are you Zambian with an MSc in Agricultural and Applied Economics or related field, with practical experience and interest in applied research? ⬇️ check this position and join our great team & work with nice colleagues in Zambia. apply.workable.com/cimmyt-1/j/D52…

📢 📢 HOTP: Do rotations and intercrops matter? Opportunities for intensification and diversification of maize-based cropping systems in Zambia - ScienceDirect Joint work with ⁦@jvasco323⁩, ⁦@isaiah_nyagumbo⁩, ⁦@BusyBeeChris⁩ et al sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Honored to be invited to speak about @CIMMYT 's investments in knowledge and capacity development, technology delivery and impacts we achieved over the last 25 years in #zambia at our Host Country Agreement signing ceremony.

🚨📢#JustPublished in @HeliyonJournal: "Risk aversion, impatience, and adoption of conservation agriculture practices among smallholders in #Zambia" Led by @esausimu under the mentorship of @HambuloN, with @BusyBeeChris @jvasco323 @isaiah_nyagumbo et al. tinyurl.com/jan2rxzp

Despite higher labour requirements, strip cropping and single-row intercropping lead to higher nutrition & economic benefits than monocrops. Thus, important for #smallholders who rely on their produce for food and income. Enjoy: authors.elsevier.com/c/1i87ZcA-Inxzm #UUInitiative #MFS #SIFAZ

Enjoyed the week in Northern Zambia interacting with Farmers, Extension and Researchers during the SIFAZ Study Tour. Interesting discussions on Maize and Cassava based farming Systems that EU supported project is promoting. It was Looking, Observing and Learning with the Farmers!

How does sustainable intensification affect nutrition outcomes? What are the #impactpathways from SI to dietary diversity? We explore these complex questions in this new publication using #IV approaches based on survey data from 🇿🇲 and 🇿🇼 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Currently happening: #study tours in #Lundazi #Chipata & #Sinda districts to enlighten farmers & partners to real experiences of #SIPs under promotion by @FAOZambia working with the Ministry of Agriculture with @CIMMYT leading the research component of #EUsupported #SIFAZproject

@ScalingAgronomy @MandlaNkomo @IITA_CGIAR @IITARWANDA @cocoasoils @CGIAR @CGIARclimate @ClerisseC Training

Write the first word you see in the comments below👇 #smallholderfarmers #agronomy #agriculture

Our research partners the farmers! Feedback Session with the Farmers & MOA Extension to discuss the results they generated from the trials during 2021/2022 season in Sinda, Chipata and Lundazi under SIFAZ project implemented by MOA, @FAOZambia and @CIMMYT supported @eu4mulimi

@Hail_Laurie Congratulations!!

So, we bagged a paper .... and some friends along the way.

Hard at work! Training data collectors for a survey under Africa Rising in Nkotankota, Malawi. Great spending this week at the IITA campus at Chitedze Research Station.