In order to define the research priorities for the Seeds of Discovery initiative in maize quality of landraces (a Strategic Initiative of both CRPs MAIZE and WHEAT funded by Mexico), a diverse group of food scientists, chemists, maize breeders, geneban…
“I lost my husband in 1994, but I don’t complain because conservation agriculture is doing the work my husband would have done,” says Belita Maleko, of the Mwansambo extension planning area, Nkhotakota zone, central Malawi. Maleko, a small-scale …
Maize under conservation agriculture (CA), with residues of the previous crop visible, on a plot belonging to farmers Jelimoti and Belia Sikelo, where they both practice CA and demonstrate it to other farmers. Visitors to their fields, in Mwansambo ext…
Groundnuts alongside maize, both under conservation agriculture (CA), on plots belonging to farmers Jelimoti and Belia Sikelo, where they both practice CA and demonstrate it to other farmers. Visitors to their fields, in Mwansambo extension planning ar…
“I would advise all farmers to follow what I’m doing. After seven years, it’s amazing. I’ve seen the change,” says farmer Jelimoti Sikelo of Mwansambo extension planning area, Nkhotakota zone, central Malawi. “People should not …
