Farm mechanisation and conservation agriculture for sustainable intensification (FACASI)

Project partners demonstrating two-wheeled tractors at project launch. Photo: CIMMYT
Project partners demonstrating two-wheeled tractors at project launch. Photo: CIMMYT
Two-wheel tractor in action at inception workshop. Photo: CIMMYT
Two-wheel tractor in action at inception workshop. Photo: CIMMYT
Project leader: 
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) Dr Frédéric Baudron, System Agronomist
ACIAR project manager: 
Dr John Dixon
Start Date: 
1 March 2013
End Date: 
28 February 2017
Partners: 
• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)
• African Conservation Tillage network (ACT) – Kenya
• Agricultural Equipment and Technical Services SC
• Amio Engineering PVT – Ethiopia
• CARMATEC
• Charles Sturt University – Australia
• Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR) - Ethiopia
• FAO
• Grownet Investments
• International Development Enterprise (IDE) – Bangladesh and Ethiopia
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) – Ethiopia
• Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies (KENDAT) - Kenya
• Kilimo
• Ministry of Agriculture
Food Security and Cooperatives - Tanzania
• PSC
• Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI)
• University Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe Farmer Union
• ZIMPLOW
AIFSC Investment: 
$3.9 million
Co-contribution: 
$1.4 million

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