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  1. Sep 2011 IMOD Innovate Grow Prosper Inclusive Market Oriented Development Research Program Grain Legumes Legumes to combat poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation Genetic resources and novel breeding methods/tools for improved efficiency of crop improvement Research areas • Evaluate legume mini core collections and reference sets for important stresses and traits • Develop novel breeding tools and methods to improve efficiency of breeding • Develop phenotyping platforms • Whole genome sequencing and genotype by sequencing for genome wide selection • Identify marker traits association. Major outputs • Genetic resources evaluated and documented for nutritional and adaptation traits • Novel and efficient breeding methods/tools for cultivar development • Novel genes incorporated through wide hybridization/genetic engineering to broaden the genetic base of grain legumes. Crop and pest management practices for sustainable legume production Research areas • Develop management practices for enhanced nutrient and water use • Improve biological nitrogen fixation • Develop integrated management of insect pests, diseases and weeds. Productive and nutritious legume cultivars for resilient cropping systems Research areas • Breeding cultivars with high yield potential and greater yield stability • Breeding cultivars with enhanced nutritional and commercial values and improved food safety. Grain legume value chains Research areas • Characterize grain legume value chains • Develop value addition opportunities for the poor, especially women • Develop cost saving and drudgery - reducing technologies for legumes. Major outputs • Grain legume value chains for the poor, especially women, enhanced • Institutional innovations to engage poor farmers with input and product markets identified and piloted • Post-harvest technologies/practices and value-added products benefiting women identified and promoted • Drudgery and cost-saving small-scale machinery for grain legume processing developed. Efficient legume seed production and delivery systems Research areas • Develop models for efficient seed production and delivery systems for smallholder legume farmers • Facilitate integration of formal and informal legume seed systems • Support development of pro-legume seed policies. Major outputs • Decentralized seed systems enhanced through systematic diagnosis and implementation of appropriate models • Capacity of public and private sector in legume seed systems strengthened • Enabling seed policies for legume seed systems based on thorough analysis of current arrangements • Framework for national seed security for vulnerable regions and households (poor and women) developed. Major outputs • Strategies to optimize Biological Nitrogen Fixation by legumes developed and promoted • Methods to increase legume productivity and profitability through increased resource use efficiency developed, tested and promoted • Tools and protocols for more effective insect pest, disease and weed management developed, tested and promoted • Strategies for increasing legume production in response to climate change identified and tested. Major outputs • High yielding cultivars for different production systems developed • High yielding cultivars with enhanced resistance/ tolerance to key biotic and abiotic stresses, and resilience to climate change developed • Improved germplasm better targeted to smallholder niches developed • Elite lines/cultivars with enhanced nutritional composition and end-user preferred traits developed • Elite lines/cultivars with enhanced nutrient use efficiency, high nitrogen fixation developed.
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