2019-05-072019-05-072019https://hdl.handle.net/10883/20119In the following pages you will read inspiring and moving accounts by men and women farmers across eastern and southern Africa who have bravely embraced change to improve their farming methods and hence the lives and livelihoods of their families. These men and women have been associated to one extent or another with the Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Legume Cropping Systems for Food Security in Eastern and outhern Africa (SIMLESA) program. The SIMLESA program was mplemented for 9 years between 2010 and 2019 in 7 African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique Tanzania and from 2014, Rwanda and Uganda).PDFCIMMYT manages Intellectual Assets as International Public Goods. The user is free to download, print, store and share this work. In case you want to translate or create any other derivative work and share or distribute such translation/derivative work, please contact CIMMYT-Knowledge-Center@cgiar.org indicating the work you want to use and the kind of use you intend; CIMMYT will contact you with the suitable license for that purpose.AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGYLead farmers: enhancing agricultural resilience and sustainability in Eastern and Southern AfricaBookFARMERSSMALLHOLDERSSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTUREINNOVATION ADOPTIONOpen Access