1. Enhancing productivity and production of
soybean in drought-prone areas of SSA
Second Annual Review and Planning Meeting of TL II Project
16-20 November 2009, Bamako, Mali
Objective 7 Work plan for 3rd year (September 2009 – December 2010)
H. Tefera, J. Chianu, S. Boahen, R. Bandyopadhyay, B. Vanlauwe, D. Chikoye, A. Alene, G. Kananji, F.
Myaka, P. Muoki, M. Mahasi, M. Ishaq, R. Abaidoo, B. Maziya-Dixon, A. Kamara, O. Coulibaly, V.
Wasike, O. Boukar, S. Muranaka, K. Sonder, and O. Shokalu

2. Activity 7.1: Test existing soybean varieties and lines
Milestone 7.1.1: Twenty elite, early to medium maturity,
soybean lines evaluated for drought tolerance,
promiscuity, disease resistance, low P tolerance, using
farmer participatory approaches (Nov 07- Nov 09)
Multi-location trials Kenya, Malawi,
Conduct farmer managed PVS trials Mozambique,
Nigeria, Tanzania
Milestone 7.1.2: At least 200 kg of seed of each selected
soybean variety produced (Oct 08 – Nov 09)
Production of breeder seed of selected varieties Kenya, Malawi,
Mozambique,
Nigeria, Tanzania

3. Activity 7.1: Test existing soybean varieties and lines
Milestone 7.1.3: At least 2
varieties submitted to the variety
release authorities in the target
countries (Jun 09 -May 10)
Follow up on varieties submitted 5 in NPT in Kenya,
for NPTs/DUSs 6 in Malawi,
5 submitted for release in Mozambique,
3 in NPT in Nigeria,
1 (TGx 1895-33F) in DUS test in Tanzania

4. Activity 7.1: Test existing soybean varieties and lines
Milestone 7.1.4: At least 20 Rhizobium/
Bradyrhizobium strains screened for efficient
BNF
Laboratory-scale production of inoculum of best Kenya and Nigeria
Rhizobium strains
Best strains from TSBF are: TSBF 101, TSBF 331, TSBF
336A, TSBF 344, TSBF 442, TSBF 531, TSBF 534;
Best strains from IITA: RAUG1, RAUG2, FA3Ben,
RAN122, and IRj2180A)
Field validation of best Rhizobium strains Kenya and Nigeria

5. Activity 7.2. Create segregating populations
Milestone 7.2.8: Twenty segregating
populations screened for desirable traits and
advanced (Jun 10 – Nov 10)
Grow F2 generation (5-10 crosses) Malawi, Nigeria
Grow F3 generation (20-30 crosses) Malawi, Nigeria and
to be distributed to
Kenya, Mozambique
and Tanzania

6. Activity 7.3: Develop soybean value chains to increase
income and improve nutrition of smallholder farm families
and other rural entrepreneurs
Promote marketing through formation of marketing Kenya, Malawi,
committees and agri-business development Mozambique, Nigeria,
Tanzania
Provide locally based market information services on Kenya, Malawi,
soybean Mozambique, Nigeria,
Tanzania
Promote household consumption through Kenya, Malawi,
demonstration Mozambique, Nigeria,
Tanzania
Promote household consumption using large-scale Kenya, Malawi,
means (e.g., radio campaigns, posters) Mozambique, Nigeria,
Tanzania

7. Activity 7.3: Develop soybean value chains
Milestone 7.3.11: Strategic alliances for
the promotion of soybean at various
levels formed (Nov 07 - Aug 10)
Form strategic alliances for soybean Kenya (National Soybean Stakeholders
promotion and development in each Meeting)
country
Malawi (Legume platform, Legume task-
force)
Mozambique (Alliance formed)
Tanzania (Alliance formed)

8. Activity 7.3: Develop soybean value chains
Milestone 7.3.12: Pilot site for
community-based processing established
and operationalized (Jan 08 – Aug 10)
Install and commission pilot processing Kenya (Installed: 2 soycow; 9
plants vitagoats)
Malawi (in the process to procure
vitagoat)
Tanzania (Installed: 1 vitagoat)
Develop business plans for operating the Kenya (developed business plan)
pilot sites Tanzania, Malawi
Profitable soybean processing functioning Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi

9. Activity 7.3: Develop soybean value chains
Milestone 7.3.13: Soybean producers
linked to large-scale food and feed
processors (Apr 09 – Feb 10)
Link farmers to credit providers Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,
Nigeria, Tanzania
Facilitate interactions between producers Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,
and processors Nigeria, Tanzania
Farmer associations supply processors Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,
with soybean grains Nigeria, Tanzania

10. Activity 7.4: Strengthen capacity of NARS
Milestone 7.4.14: At least 5
partners trained at the M.Sc. level
depending on key training needs
(Jan 08 – Aug 10)
M.Sc. training and research Kenya (David Nyongesa doing PhD on
projects implemented Agribusiness)
Mozambique (Anica Massas doing her M.Sc.
research project on Breeding)
Nigeria (A. Shaahu doing MSc research
project on breeding)
Tanzania (Justine Mushi doing M.Sc. in
processing)

11. Activity 7.4: Strengthen capacity of NARS
Milestone 7.4.15: At least 10,000 farmers trained in
soybean participatory variety selection, processing,
utilization, and/or agri-business following a
training-of-trainers approach (Jan 08 – Dec 09)
Conduct training workshops on household Kenya, Malawi,
utilization, agri-business, pest and disease Mozambique, Nigeria,
diagnosis, PVS, Tanzania

12. Objective 7: Soybean Improvement- Phase II
1. Drought tolerance
• We have identified lines that are tolerant to drought (TGx 1740-2F,
TGx 1835-10E)
• A dozen of germplasm accessions were found with slow wilting and
less leaf damage (TGm 1082, TGm 1179, TGm 2, TGm 11, TGm 78,
TGm 84, TGm 495, TGm 861, TGm 1001, TGm 868, TGm 1075,
TGm 1077, TGm 1082, TGm 1090, TGm 1208)
• A number of segregating populations created
• Selection for drought and development of lines
• Line evaluation (on-station and on-farm PVS)

13. Objective 7: Soybean Improvement- Phase II
2. Rust resistance/tolerance
• So far, we have released one rust-tolerant variety in Nigeria and
another three promising lines are identified
• New crosses are made to select for ESA
• We want to expand the work in the second phase as this disease
is the most limiting factor in soybean production both in WA and
ESA
• Identify and utilize new sources of resistance (screen lines and
germplasm) for rust tolerance
• Incorporate rust tolerance into existing and agronomically
superior varieties

14. Objective 7: Soybean Improvement- Phase II
• Monitor pathogen populations (soybean rust pathogen is
known to be notoriously variable that can lead to break down
of resistance genes)
• Identify the genes responsible for resistance
• Develop molecular markers for resistance genes (Rpp1,
Rpp2, Rpp3, Rpp4) to enable stacking of these genes in new
lines

15. Objective 7: Soybean Improvement- Phase II
3. Biological Nitrogen Fixation
• Promiscuous lines (earliness, bigger grains, high yield)
• Efficient line-inoculant strain matching
• Screen existing segregation populations and develop new ones
• Develop and evaluate new lines (on-station and PVS)
4. Low P tolerance
• Screen segregating populations
• Create new populations

16. Objective 7: Soybean Improvement- Phase II
5. NARS capacity building
• Training of technicians
• On-job training
• post-graduate
• Research facilities

17. Objective 7: Soybean Improvement- Phase II
Soybean value chain
• Soybean processing and utilization,
• Marketing seed and grains,
• Strategic alliances to promote the soybean industry,
• Information sharing
(we suggest this component to be handled by Objective 1
or Objective 8 with sufficient funding)

18. Project countries
Nigeria, Malawi, Mozambique, Kenya and Tanzania
Expand to new sites in the same project countries