mechanization
More than machines
Innovations
In collaboration with GIZ, CIMMYT’s Scaling Scan is helping Green Innovation Centers in Africa address the sustainability problem.
Harnessing Appropriate-Scale Farm Mechanization in Zimbabwe (HAFIZ)
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Turning the mechanization wheels on Zimbabwe’s small-scale farms
Climate adaptation and mitigation
The new HAFIZ project will increase access to mechanization and promote conservation agriculture practices.
Inspiring change through agricultural training: Women’s stories from Bangladesh
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
More than 40% of the global agricultural labor force is made up of women, and in the least developed countries, two in three women are employed in farming.
A new vision of making profits drives mechanization service providers in Zimbabwe
Innovations
Service providers offering mechanized services in Masvingo District, southern Zimbabwe realize quick gains in early months of the pilot.
Women in agriculture mechanization in Bangladesh
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Many women are working enthusiastically as part of agriculture mechanization, as supported by CIMMYT’s CSISA-MEA project.
Govt mulling mechanization to boost jute production
Capacity development
Source: Dhaka Tribune (29 Sep 2021)
Bangladesh wants to expand the work of the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia-Mechanization Extension Activity (CSISA-MEA) project in Bogra, Jessore, Faridpur and Cox’s Bazar to the rest of the country.