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Chickpea: A post-rainy season legume crop for smallholder farmers of ESA
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Chickpea: A post-rainy season legume crop for smallholder farmers of ESA

  1. Chickpea: A Post-Rainy Season Legume Crop for Smallholder Farmers of ESA Sep/2010 Introduction The area sown to chickpea in ESA has doubled in the past 30 years.Now at 420,000 ha this trend suggests an increased economic benefit to farmers from growing chickpea and is expected to continueconsideringtheincreasingdemandofchickpeaindomesticandinternationalmarkets and increasing efforts to link farmers to markets in eastern and southern Africa (ESA). As of 2001,the export of chickpea by Eastern Africa was negligible (<5%).Increase in production and attractive price in the international market has led to substantial increase in the export of chickpea during recent years. During 2002 to 2007, the export of chickpea from Eastern Africa has ranged between 17 and 42%,with an average of 30%.This has provided farmers’with extra income to buy essentials and send their kids to school. Chickpea research and development in ESA During the last couple of years chickpea research and development in ESA has been supported by BMGF and IFAD under Tropical Legumes and Treasure Legumes Projects in Ethiopia, Kenya andTanzania.Adoptionandseedreplacementratesofimprovedchickpeavarietiesareimproved greatly by interventions in the form of farmer participatory varietal selection (FPVS),improved seedsystems,producermarketinggroups,capacitybuildingatvariouslevels(farmers,extension staff,technicians,students,and researchers). Project target sites Country State/zone District NARS partner Ethiopia East and North Shewa Gimbichu,Minjar, Shenkora Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR),Addis Ababa Tanzania Lake Zone Mwanza,Shinyanga Arumeru,Kondoa Lake Zone Agricultural Research and Development Institute (LZARDI), Ukiriguru Kenya Rift Valley Bomet,Nakuru Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI),Nairobi,Egerton University Farmer-preferred varieties identified through FPVS trials Country/ location Cultivars preferred by farmers Desi type Kabuli type Ethiopia Habru,Ejere,Arerti   Tanzania ICCV 00108,ICCV 97105 ICCV 92318,ICCV 00305 Kenya ICCV 97105,ICCV 00108 ICCV 95423,ICCV 00305 Varieties released or in the pipeline for release: Two chickpea varieties (ICCVs 00305,00108) released and notified for cultivation in Kenya. Two more varieties (ICCVs 97105, 95423) are identified for release.In Tanzania,four varieties entered in national performance trials. The major success has been the dissemination of the large-seeded Kabuli types in ESA that attract approximately double the price of the traditional Desi varieties.Initial screening efforts were focused on Ethiopia as the largest chickpea producer in sub-Saharan Africa.The increased market-valueofKabulichickpeahasattractedtheattentionoftheEthiopianGovernmentwhich is aggressively promoting market-oriented agriculture. ICRISAT has been working closely with breeders, agronomists and socio-economists from the EIAR at Debre Zeit to evaluate the improved varieties, carry out detailed value-chain analyses, and determine the factors affecting chickpea adoption. Similar success with Kabuli varieties has been achieved in Kenya,Tanzania,Malawi and Mozambique.
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