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5,000 Farmers Trained in Sustainable Intensification Practices

5 NAIS - Fifty-five thousand farmers have been trained in diverse Sustainable Intensification Practices aimed at increasing crop yields. The training was conducted through collaboration between Government and its partners, including the European Union (EU). National Coordinator for the Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Farming Systems (SIFAZ) Project, Geoffrey Siulemba, said farmers have been reached with various agricultural technologies since the project’s inception in 2019. Dr. Siulemba named the practices as conservation agriculture, crop diversification and intercropping, agroforestry, soil fertility management, and mechanization, all carried out on-farm at the farmers’ fields. He noted that research, extension, and farmer linkages have been strengthened to ensure technologies deliver the desired results and contribute to increased yields. The SIFAZ Project is primarily funded by the EU and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). CIMMYT Cropping Systems Agronomist Dr. Christian Thiefelder said trials are intensifying traditional farming practices into more diversified, climate-smart, resilient, and economical systems to ensure farmers gain more from their land. Meanwhile, CIMMYT Agricultural Economist Hambulo Ngoma noted that the project has seen a notable increase in the proportion of farmers adapting and adopting technologies from the trials into their farming practices. #SustainableFarming #FarmerEmpowerment #ClimateSmartAgriculture #FoodSecurity #ZambiaAgriculture