Christian Thierfelder

Principal Scientist and Strategic Leader involved in adapting conservation agriculture systems to the needs of smallholder farmers in Africa @CIMMYT

[Bram Govaerts CIMMYT @bramaccimmyt]

Proud to join @CFR_org discussion on support in fragile states: manage risk, build local partnerships, design systems for instability.
With @GermanyDiplo, Crops to End Hunger advances breeding: drought-tolerant maize, pest-resistant hybrids and faster breeding cycles in Kenya.

[Hambulo Ngoma @HambuloN]

Joint work across @CGIAR centers led by @CIMMYT under the #UU initiative

[Hambulo Ngoma @HambuloN]

⁦@CIMMYT⁩ scientists ⁦@BusyBeeChris⁩,@BMhlanga4⁩ & ⁦@isaiah_nyagumbo⁩ presenting 3 candidate technologies for official release for scaling in 🇿🇲. These were evaluated using #SIAF under the ⁦@eu4mulimi⁩ funded #SIFAZ project. ⁦@FAOZambia⁩, #MoA

[Bram Govaerts CIMMYT @bramaccimmyt]

Explore @CIMMYT's 20-year commitment to collaborating with #Zambia's Ministry of Agriculture on key long-term #ConservationAgriculture experiments.

It's all about securing smallholders' future, helping them navigate a more uncertain climate future.

https://t.co/albP0SSbha

[nachaba Kalifwa @NKalifwa]

Very insightful symposium. Looking forward to many more like these.

[Bram Govaerts CIMMYT @bramaccimmyt]

With @CIMMYT's leadership & support the Zambia Agricultural Research Institute is emerging as a model for agricultural innovation & climate resilience. It showcases the effectiveness of science-driven collaboration to strengthen #NARES in #SubSaharanAfrica https://t.co/1TvoWFzql7

[Natasha Mhango @natasha_mhango]

"Production always responds to #market, " Louis Chikopela, Principal Agric. Officer (M&E) for Min of Agriculture highlighted.
#AgriSymposium2025 #Zambia #climatesmart #agriculture #farming #foodsecurity

[Christian Thierfelder @BusyBeeChris]

"In God we trust - all others bring the data" says Dr Hambulo Ngoma!
Amazing presentations by our colleagues from #Sifaz at the #nationaltechnicalsymposium run by @FAOZambia @cimmyt @HambuloN @Sieg_SAS @EUinZambia @MtendereMphatso

[FAO Zambia @FAOZambia]

It's happening! Launch of the National Technical Symposium at Mulungushi International Conference Centre, #Lusaka, #Zambia.

[Natasha Mhango @natasha_mhango]

@natty_C12 Working together entails pooling resources together among other things. Hence partnerships help fill in the gaps including financial ones

[Lauraine Mwansa @MwansaLauraine]

“Tractorization is not Mechanization.”
@HambuloN @FAOZambia @CIMMYT
#SIFAZ

[Natasha Mhango @natasha_mhango]

What does translating agronomic achievements into sustainable agribusiness opportunities for a/holder #farmers in #Zambia look like to you? Share your thoughts and be part of this panel discussion
#AgriSymposium2025 #SIFAZ

[Natasha Mhango @natasha_mhango]

'Silos are only good for grain storage. In the #agriculture sector, we must work together,' Mainza Chibomba from @FAOZambia during a break out session at the SIFAZ #AgriSymposium2025
@NMunalula @MtendereMphatso @percy_suze @faosfsafrica

[Hambulo Ngoma @HambuloN]

Totally agreed. Glad to participate in very timely conversations on how to actualize sustainable smallholder mechanization in 🇿🇲. @CIMMYT, @CGIAR & @FAOZambia in partnership with the 🇿🇲 government are all hands on deck to support smallholder farmers

[Natasha Mhango @natasha_mhango]

Let us establish an agriculture bank to enhance smallholder #farmers access to #Finance - Dr. Frank Kayula (2nd from Left) Exec Director, National Assoc.of Smallscale Farmers (NAFSA) during the #AgriSymposium2025 underway in #Lusaka
@FAOZambia @HambuloN

[Hambulo Ngoma @HambuloN]

👂from the host’s mouth; Mr Jackson Banda shares experiences from implementing #SIPs under the ⁦@eu4mulimi⁩ funded #SIFAZ project in Zambia. ⁦

@FAOZambia⁩ ⁦@CIMMYT⁩ ⁦@BusyBeeChris⁩ ⁦@MtendereMphatso ⁦@isaiah_nyagumbo⁩

#TakeItToTheFarmer

[Blessing Mhlanga, PhD @BMhlanga4]

Feeling great from the interesting discussions at the #NationalTechnicalSymposium on #SustainableIntensification under #smallholder systems.

[Natasha Mhango @natasha_mhango]

Sunday Silungwe is the founder of Good Nature Agro #Zambia - an enterprise whose objective is to support s/holder #farmers by providing them with a market for their seed & commodities
#farming is a business
#AgriSymposium2025
https://t.co/VFuN1S3oGV

[Blessing Mhlanga, PhD @BMhlanga4]

This is an inspiring journey of how using #sustainableintensification practices can lead to resilient livelihoods @FAOZambia @BusyBeeChris @EUinZambia @MtendereMphatso @KudzieChimzy @Sieg_SAS

[Natasha Mhango @natasha_mhango]

Popularly known as the "Pope of Conservation Farming," Dr Christian Thierfelder ended his brilliant presentation with an appeal to promote '...more intensified & diversified #food systems,' @BusyBeeChris
#AgriSymposium2025
@FAOZambia @eu4mulimi