The Tropical Legumes III project aims to improve lives of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia through increased grain legume productivity and production. The project is a 10-year initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and implemented by ICRISAT, CIAT, IITA, and national agricultural research systems of target countries. The third phase (TL III) seeks to build upon the achievements of the previous two phases with a focus on fewer legumes (chickpea, cowpea, common bean, groundnut) and geographies. The annual TL III meeting was held alongside the Pan African Grain Legumes conference in Zambia, where progress was reviewed and future
Fourth bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III)...Tropical Legumes III
This is fourth bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III) project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and jointly implemented by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in close collaboration with partners in the national agricultural research systems (NARS) of target countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. TL III aims to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in drought-prone areas of the two regions through enhanced productivity and production of grain legumes.
Seventh bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III...Tropical Legumes III
This bulletin focusses on the progress made under objective four: enhancing common bean productivity and production in focus geographies of sub-Saharan Africa, during year one of
phase III implementation.
First bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III) ...Tropical Legumes III
The Bulletin of Tropical Legumes is a quarterly publication of the Tropical Legumes III (TL III) project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and jointly implemented by the
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture (IITA) in close collaboration with partners in the national agricultural research systems (NARS) of target countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. TL III aims
to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in drought-prone areas of the two regions through enhanced productivity and production of grain legumes.
Handbook on improved agronomic practices of groundnut production in North Eas...ICRISAT
This handbook is intended to guide farmers, extension personnel, students of agriculture and researchers in Nigeria to use improved varieties and associated production practices to increase productivity. The guide draws its lessons from the work and experiences of ICRISAT and its partners in Research for Development on crop-based systems in Nigeria. The publication of this handbook is a demonstration of effective collaboration between ICRISAT, Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, National Agricultural Extension Research and Liaison Services (NAERLS), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), numerous farmers’ groups and Innovation Platform (IPs).
Fourth bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III)...Tropical Legumes III
This is fourth bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III) project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and jointly implemented by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in close collaboration with partners in the national agricultural research systems (NARS) of target countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. TL III aims to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in drought-prone areas of the two regions through enhanced productivity and production of grain legumes.
Seventh bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III...Tropical Legumes III
This bulletin focusses on the progress made under objective four: enhancing common bean productivity and production in focus geographies of sub-Saharan Africa, during year one of
phase III implementation.
First bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III) ...Tropical Legumes III
The Bulletin of Tropical Legumes is a quarterly publication of the Tropical Legumes III (TL III) project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and jointly implemented by the
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture (IITA) in close collaboration with partners in the national agricultural research systems (NARS) of target countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. TL III aims
to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in drought-prone areas of the two regions through enhanced productivity and production of grain legumes.
Handbook on improved agronomic practices of groundnut production in North Eas...ICRISAT
This handbook is intended to guide farmers, extension personnel, students of agriculture and researchers in Nigeria to use improved varieties and associated production practices to increase productivity. The guide draws its lessons from the work and experiences of ICRISAT and its partners in Research for Development on crop-based systems in Nigeria. The publication of this handbook is a demonstration of effective collaboration between ICRISAT, Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, National Agricultural Extension Research and Liaison Services (NAERLS), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), numerous farmers’ groups and Innovation Platform (IPs).
Breadfruit Research and opportunities for Future Commercial DevelopmentAI Publications
African breadfruit (Treculia africana) is a foodcrop tree with enermous potentials for domestic and industrial uses. African breadfruit seeds are highly priced product. Research studies on African breadfruit seeds are mostly basics with limited contribution of information on the commercial opportunities within breadfruit seed industry.This study evaluated the state of research, challenges and prospects of African breadfruit seed industry with the objectives of identifying commercially viable opportunities that should drive future research studies to profit researchers, seed processors and national economy. .Forty-four (44) journal papers comprising of research articles and communications on African breadfruits were randomly selected and reviewed. Other research papers in areas of economic opportunity were also consulted. Focus was on nutritioonal contributions, utilization, research direction, limitations to commercialization and opportunities of African breadfruit seeds. Results showed that research trend in breadfruit seeds is still basic with limited studies on technological advancement for mechanized seed processing, seed propagation and absence of industrial funded studies.Results showed that 13.64%, 47.73%, 18.18%,20.45% were on technology development, chemical composition assays, novel foods/sensory evaluation of formulated Novel foods and supplementation studies respectively. Some product specific machines have been developed for mechanized dehulling of African breadfruit seeds but still at the point of prototypes. These prototypes could be refined through entrepreneurial investments for enhanced efficiency .Few studies (4.05 %) were on commercialization of African breadfruits. The low awareness about the commercial profile of African breadfruit is attributable to fewer available research information on commercial profile of African breadfruit. Globally market opportunities exist for African breadfruit seed oil as domestic oil, bio-lubricants, bio fuels, whole seed meals for confectionaries and animal feedstock.African breadfruit seed flour has important diet therapy properties for the management of some physiological stress conditions. Purpose driven translational studies are expedient to exploit these opportunities. Government, research institutes, universities and entrepreneurs have critical roles for commercial advancement of the breadfruits industry.
10th april,2015 daily global rice e newsletter by riceplus magazineRiceplus Magazine
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Farmers necessitate vast information to sustain their farmhouse activities. Information is
required not just on better and best practices & advanced technologies for production of crop
which is gained through Green Revolution but as well information about post harvest
perspectives including handling, processing, promoting, storage & marketing. Farmers need
access to convenient, firm, and pertinent information that can support intricacy inside which
their farm activities work. Even though farming expansion today has a wide array, this survey
demonstrates that in spite of pluralistic augmentation methods in India, the scope &
utilization of the said services are constrained. The purpose of this paper is to analyze rural
extension programs in of general society, private and third parts in India. The paper
investigates; fundamentals of extension, significance of rural extension, agribusiness
extension methodologies in India, general difficulties and limitations of agricultural extension
Influence of Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative Societies on Vegetable Producti...ijtsrd
This work examined the influence of farmers multipurpose cooperative societies FMCS on vegetable production in Enugu State, Nigeria, as the broad objective. Specifically, the study examined the effect of farm resources from all sources on vegetable crops output and ascertained the effect of farm resources obtained from cooperatives on vegetable farm profitability. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of the study was 3,020 FMCS with a membership of 30,257. A sample size sample of 353 was gotten by the application of Taro Yamani sample size formula. Primary data was used for the study. The research instrument was subjected to face and content validation. The reliability of the instrument was determined by a test re test method which returned a coefficient of .94. Descriptive and inferential were used in data analysis and hypotheses were tested at a 5 level of significance. Results indicated that farm resources from all sources statistically significantly predicted vegetable farm profitability F = 20.727, p .05 and that farm resources obtained from cooperatives statistically significantly predicted vegetable farm profitability F = 32.638, p .05 . It was concluded that FMCS have an influence on vegetable production in Enugu State. Sequel to this, it was recommended among others that farmers should be encouraged to join FMCS in Enugu State because of its obvious advantages. Aniagu Lauretta Ngozi | Nwankwo Frank "Influence of Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative Societies on Vegetable Production in Enugu State" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46272.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/business-economics/46272/influence-of-farmers-multipurpose-cooperative-societies-on-vegetable-production-in-enugu-state/aniagu-lauretta-ngozi
Impact of Frontline Demonstration (Fld’s) On Adoption Behavior of Soybean Gro...iosrjce
The main objective of the FLD is to demonstrate newly released crop production and protection
technology and its management practices on the farmer‟s field by the scientists themselves before taking it into
main extension system of State Department of Agriculture under different agro-climatic regions and in real
farming system. Presently the FLDs are mainly conducted through KVKs in all over the country. This is the
mandatory function of KVK to remove lack of knowledge and constraints in the adoption of improved soybean
production technology. Keeping all these views in mind, the present investigation entitled “Study on knowledge
and adoption level of soybean growers through Front Line Demonstrations (FLDs‟) in Ujjain district of M.P.”
For this purpose the data collected on a well prepared interview schedule. through personal interview method
by the investigator. The major findings of the study is majority of the respondents (beneficiaries of FLD
programme and non-beneficiaries) possessed medium level of adoption level. The „t‟ test indicated that there is
a significant difference between scores mean of both the group. Thus, it can be stated that, there is an impact of
FLD programme on the adoption level of the soybean growers.
Advances in groundnut breeding for drought prone west and central africaTropical Legumes III
ICRISAT has been working with national breeding programs to develop climate resilient improved groundnut varieties. The Tropical Legumes project been instrumental in strengthening the breeding program in the regions and have distributed >1,000 advanced breeding lines to national programs. Farmer preferred variety selection (FPVS) was found very useful for fast track release and adoption of improved varieties. Twenty two high yielding (yield advantage of >20%) varieties resistance/tolerance to drought and major diseases have been released/registered across the region as a result of project efforts (4 in Ghana, 5 in Mali, 4 in Niger, 3 in Nigeria and 6 in Senegal).
The role of university is not to train students to become farmers but agricultural scientists. Students are therefore taught the Art, Science and Business of Agriculture so that they can recreate opportunities for farmers and other participants in agricultural value chain.
The Bulletin of Tropical Legumes is a quarterly publication of the Tropical Legumes III (TL-III) project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and jointly implemented by the the International Crops Research Institute in the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in close collaboration with partners in the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) of the target countries in sub- Saharan Africa and South Asia. TL-III aims to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in drought- prone areas of the two regions through enhancing grain legumes productivity and production.
Tropical Legumes III Tropical Legumes III (TL III) Bulletin - 08ICRISAT
In 2015-16, a total of 55 multi-stakeholderplatforms were established, bringing together 368 partners from the public and private sectors. A total of 14,744 platform members were trained in various aspects including legume seed production, post-harvest handling and seed business management; 8,204 NARS artners had their skills and knowledge enhanced in areas of innovative and genderconsiderate seed production and marketing across mandate crops within the target countries. A total of 16,556 tons of seed were produced, of which 16,165 tons (97.6%) were certified and quality declared seed – enabling an estimated 3.2 million farming households to get access to seed of improved legume varieties. Across countries and crops, on an average, 9.3% of seeds were marketed in small packs (1 kg, 2 kg and 5 kg). Over 30,000 copies of promotional materials (leaflets and guides) as well as 70 electronic/print media articles with information on improved legume varieties were produced and distributed to farmers and partners. A total of 1,516 demonstrations, 134 field days and 15 agri/seed fairs were conducted for variety promotion and for training legume value chain actors. Ten laborsaving technologies/mechanization tools were identified and demonstrated; they are being used by smallholder farmers to reduce drudgery and increase legume production and quality of post-harvest products.
Eighth bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III)...Tropical Legumes III
This edition of the bulletin focusses on the progress made under Objective 6: “Developing Sustainable and Impact- Oriented Legume Seed Systems for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia”, during year 1 of the project implementation.
Breadfruit Research and opportunities for Future Commercial DevelopmentAI Publications
African breadfruit (Treculia africana) is a foodcrop tree with enermous potentials for domestic and industrial uses. African breadfruit seeds are highly priced product. Research studies on African breadfruit seeds are mostly basics with limited contribution of information on the commercial opportunities within breadfruit seed industry.This study evaluated the state of research, challenges and prospects of African breadfruit seed industry with the objectives of identifying commercially viable opportunities that should drive future research studies to profit researchers, seed processors and national economy. .Forty-four (44) journal papers comprising of research articles and communications on African breadfruits were randomly selected and reviewed. Other research papers in areas of economic opportunity were also consulted. Focus was on nutritioonal contributions, utilization, research direction, limitations to commercialization and opportunities of African breadfruit seeds. Results showed that research trend in breadfruit seeds is still basic with limited studies on technological advancement for mechanized seed processing, seed propagation and absence of industrial funded studies.Results showed that 13.64%, 47.73%, 18.18%,20.45% were on technology development, chemical composition assays, novel foods/sensory evaluation of formulated Novel foods and supplementation studies respectively. Some product specific machines have been developed for mechanized dehulling of African breadfruit seeds but still at the point of prototypes. These prototypes could be refined through entrepreneurial investments for enhanced efficiency .Few studies (4.05 %) were on commercialization of African breadfruits. The low awareness about the commercial profile of African breadfruit is attributable to fewer available research information on commercial profile of African breadfruit. Globally market opportunities exist for African breadfruit seed oil as domestic oil, bio-lubricants, bio fuels, whole seed meals for confectionaries and animal feedstock.African breadfruit seed flour has important diet therapy properties for the management of some physiological stress conditions. Purpose driven translational studies are expedient to exploit these opportunities. Government, research institutes, universities and entrepreneurs have critical roles for commercial advancement of the breadfruits industry.
10th april,2015 daily global rice e newsletter by riceplus magazineRiceplus Magazine
Riceplus Magazine shares daily International RICE News for global Rice Community. We publish daily two newsletters namely Global Rice News & ORYZA EXCLUSIVE News for readers .You can share any development news for readers.
Share your rice and agriculture related research write up with Riceplus Magazine contact riceplus@irp.edu.pk , mujahid.riceplus@gmail.com
For Advertisement & Specs mujahid.riceplus@gmail.com
Farmers necessitate vast information to sustain their farmhouse activities. Information is
required not just on better and best practices & advanced technologies for production of crop
which is gained through Green Revolution but as well information about post harvest
perspectives including handling, processing, promoting, storage & marketing. Farmers need
access to convenient, firm, and pertinent information that can support intricacy inside which
their farm activities work. Even though farming expansion today has a wide array, this survey
demonstrates that in spite of pluralistic augmentation methods in India, the scope &
utilization of the said services are constrained. The purpose of this paper is to analyze rural
extension programs in of general society, private and third parts in India. The paper
investigates; fundamentals of extension, significance of rural extension, agribusiness
extension methodologies in India, general difficulties and limitations of agricultural extension
Influence of Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative Societies on Vegetable Producti...ijtsrd
This work examined the influence of farmers multipurpose cooperative societies FMCS on vegetable production in Enugu State, Nigeria, as the broad objective. Specifically, the study examined the effect of farm resources from all sources on vegetable crops output and ascertained the effect of farm resources obtained from cooperatives on vegetable farm profitability. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of the study was 3,020 FMCS with a membership of 30,257. A sample size sample of 353 was gotten by the application of Taro Yamani sample size formula. Primary data was used for the study. The research instrument was subjected to face and content validation. The reliability of the instrument was determined by a test re test method which returned a coefficient of .94. Descriptive and inferential were used in data analysis and hypotheses were tested at a 5 level of significance. Results indicated that farm resources from all sources statistically significantly predicted vegetable farm profitability F = 20.727, p .05 and that farm resources obtained from cooperatives statistically significantly predicted vegetable farm profitability F = 32.638, p .05 . It was concluded that FMCS have an influence on vegetable production in Enugu State. Sequel to this, it was recommended among others that farmers should be encouraged to join FMCS in Enugu State because of its obvious advantages. Aniagu Lauretta Ngozi | Nwankwo Frank "Influence of Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative Societies on Vegetable Production in Enugu State" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46272.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/business-economics/46272/influence-of-farmers-multipurpose-cooperative-societies-on-vegetable-production-in-enugu-state/aniagu-lauretta-ngozi
Impact of Frontline Demonstration (Fld’s) On Adoption Behavior of Soybean Gro...iosrjce
The main objective of the FLD is to demonstrate newly released crop production and protection
technology and its management practices on the farmer‟s field by the scientists themselves before taking it into
main extension system of State Department of Agriculture under different agro-climatic regions and in real
farming system. Presently the FLDs are mainly conducted through KVKs in all over the country. This is the
mandatory function of KVK to remove lack of knowledge and constraints in the adoption of improved soybean
production technology. Keeping all these views in mind, the present investigation entitled “Study on knowledge
and adoption level of soybean growers through Front Line Demonstrations (FLDs‟) in Ujjain district of M.P.”
For this purpose the data collected on a well prepared interview schedule. through personal interview method
by the investigator. The major findings of the study is majority of the respondents (beneficiaries of FLD
programme and non-beneficiaries) possessed medium level of adoption level. The „t‟ test indicated that there is
a significant difference between scores mean of both the group. Thus, it can be stated that, there is an impact of
FLD programme on the adoption level of the soybean growers.
Advances in groundnut breeding for drought prone west and central africaTropical Legumes III
ICRISAT has been working with national breeding programs to develop climate resilient improved groundnut varieties. The Tropical Legumes project been instrumental in strengthening the breeding program in the regions and have distributed >1,000 advanced breeding lines to national programs. Farmer preferred variety selection (FPVS) was found very useful for fast track release and adoption of improved varieties. Twenty two high yielding (yield advantage of >20%) varieties resistance/tolerance to drought and major diseases have been released/registered across the region as a result of project efforts (4 in Ghana, 5 in Mali, 4 in Niger, 3 in Nigeria and 6 in Senegal).
The role of university is not to train students to become farmers but agricultural scientists. Students are therefore taught the Art, Science and Business of Agriculture so that they can recreate opportunities for farmers and other participants in agricultural value chain.
The Bulletin of Tropical Legumes is a quarterly publication of the Tropical Legumes III (TL-III) project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and jointly implemented by the the International Crops Research Institute in the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in close collaboration with partners in the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) of the target countries in sub- Saharan Africa and South Asia. TL-III aims to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in drought- prone areas of the two regions through enhancing grain legumes productivity and production.
Tropical Legumes III Tropical Legumes III (TL III) Bulletin - 08ICRISAT
In 2015-16, a total of 55 multi-stakeholderplatforms were established, bringing together 368 partners from the public and private sectors. A total of 14,744 platform members were trained in various aspects including legume seed production, post-harvest handling and seed business management; 8,204 NARS artners had their skills and knowledge enhanced in areas of innovative and genderconsiderate seed production and marketing across mandate crops within the target countries. A total of 16,556 tons of seed were produced, of which 16,165 tons (97.6%) were certified and quality declared seed – enabling an estimated 3.2 million farming households to get access to seed of improved legume varieties. Across countries and crops, on an average, 9.3% of seeds were marketed in small packs (1 kg, 2 kg and 5 kg). Over 30,000 copies of promotional materials (leaflets and guides) as well as 70 electronic/print media articles with information on improved legume varieties were produced and distributed to farmers and partners. A total of 1,516 demonstrations, 134 field days and 15 agri/seed fairs were conducted for variety promotion and for training legume value chain actors. Ten laborsaving technologies/mechanization tools were identified and demonstrated; they are being used by smallholder farmers to reduce drudgery and increase legume production and quality of post-harvest products.
Eighth bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III)...Tropical Legumes III
This edition of the bulletin focusses on the progress made under Objective 6: “Developing Sustainable and Impact- Oriented Legume Seed Systems for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia”, during year 1 of the project implementation.
Postharvest Loss Reduction & Mycotoxins programs in USAID’s Feed the Future I...Francois Stepman
Ahmed Kablan, Ph.D.
International Nutrition & Public Health Adviser
USAID /Bureau For Food Security/Office of Agriculture Research and Policy
USDA/ARS/Office of International Research Program
Sixth bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III) ...Tropical Legumes III
This edition of the bulletin features: Key highlights, achievements, lessons learnt during year 1 of project implementation and success stories from the field.
Tenth bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III) ...Tropical Legumes III
This edition highlights the progress made under Objective 3 of the project: To enhance cowpea productivity and production in drought-prone areas of sub-Saharan Africa and Objective
6: Sustainable and impact-oriented legume seed delivery systems for smallholders – Cowpea seed system
during 2 years of the project.
Seed development programs & seed and agricultural organizations VIJAYKUMARSHRIVASTAV2
Seed, seed development programs, seed organization, national agricultural organizations, international agricultural organizations, five year plan, agriculture extension program, agriculture research organization, agriculture research center, national agriculture bureau, agriculture project directorate
A manifesto on Forgotten Foods for Asia-Pacific with farmers in focusICRISAT
Farmer collectives, research, policy and advocacy institutions in Central Asia and Asia-Pacific region called for an urgent change to the prevailing yield-for-immediate-profit structure of agriculture. Their proposal of a multi-functional diversified agri-food structure, hinging on Forgotten Foods to reap benefits for the planet, farmers and consumers, will guide a global manifesto set to be presented at the UN Food Systems Summit later this year.
The African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC) on 3rd December 2013, launched the African Plant Breeding Academy to help improve the livelihoods of Africa’s smallholder farmers and their families, reduce hunger and boost Africa’s food supply.
Présentation faite lors du 5ème anniversaire de Global Hort à la communauté scientifique montpelliéraine, ses réalisations, son plan d’action et ses ambitions pour l’avenir
The smart food triple bottom line – starting with diversifying staplesICRISAT
The Smart Food initiative engages in finding foodsystem solutions that, in unison, are good for consumers (nutritious and healthy), the planet (environmentally sustainable) and the producers, especially smallholder famers. This is the Smart Food triple bottom line. A key objective of Smart Food is to diversify staples. By focussing on staples across Africa and Asia, which typically comprise 70 percent of the plate and are often eaten three times a day, we can make a big impact.
Towards a better understanding of custodian farmers and their roles: insights...Helga Gruberg Cazon
This publication is the result of a research collaboration between Bioversity International and the Fundación para la Promoción e Investigación de Productos Andinos (PROINPA). It deals with issues regarding on-farm conservation of agrobiodiversity, which is a poorly addressed field of research in spite of its pivotal role in the maintenance of global crop diversity. Strategic actors in on-farm conservation are those farmers who, for various reasons, distinguish themselves from others by their contribution to conserving crop diversity. We call them ‘custodian famers’, even though the terminology may not be suitable to all social contexts. Understanding who these custodian farmers are, their presence over the territory, the types of crops they maintain, why and how, as well as gaining insights on the cultural, social and economic drivers behind their efforts is, for scientists, a very important step in devising effective on-farm conservation strategies and this booklet is a contribution in that direction. The open-ended interviews and participant observation methodologies provided in this study are helpful in guiding future methodological approaches and advancing our understanding of how the roles of custodian farmers can be better recognized, harnessed and supported by society. This work has been carried out in the framework of a major global UN Project supported by IFAD and the European Commission, which is focusing on the development of innovative participatory approaches for the conservation of neglected and underutilized species (NUS) on farm.
Overview of International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agri...Bioversity International
Presentation given by Kent Nnandozie, Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources given at the 'Mutual Implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol' workshop, Addis Ababa, November 16th 2015
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Eleventh bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL II...Tropical Legumes III
This edition highlights the progress made under Chickpea in Ethiopia. Chickpea in Ethiopia is gaining commercial success with an aggressive promotion and marketing of high yielding Kabuli varieties like Shasho, Arerti and Habru through the Tropical Legumes (TL) project.
ICRISAT’s Seed Systems Models and Lessons Learned booklet explains the rationale of ICRISAT’s work on seed systems in the drylands, the different approaches and their impact on the ground. Improving farmers’ access to improved seeds in the drylands is seen as a cost-effective strategy to improve farm productivity and food security. Different models of seed systems are tested and developed by ICRISAT and its development partners in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia depending on the local context. It includes small seed packets, groundnut seed revolving fund in Malawi, support to community-based systems, farmer seed organizations or local seed ventures, and public private seed partnerships like the Hybrid Parents Research Consortium for pearl millet and sorghum in India. ICRISAT’s vision on seed systems is demand-driven, holistic and working in partnership, along the crop value chain.
Phenotypic variability of drought avoidance shoot and root phenesTropical Legumes III
Research results suggests it is important to design an integrated strategy combining plant phenomics, genomics, agronomy and modeling to maximize crop productivity in a given environment or stress scenario and to develop guidelines for farming options in the face of climate variability in sub-Saharan Africa.
Innovative approach on common bean based technology generation and promotion ...Tropical Legumes III
Higher production of Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L), is constrained with several biotic and abiotic factors and the common bean research program in Ethiopia aims at contributing to the improvement of the livelihoods of smallholder farmers through generation and promotion of improved varieties which are demand driven, climate-smart, and tolerant to biotic and abiotic constraint.
Development of high yielding medium duration groundnut tolerant to early leaf...Tropical Legumes III
Early Leaf Spots (ELS) is one of the major fungal foliar diseases in Mali negatively affecting agronomic performance of groundnut where yield reduction can exceed 30%. It is important to develop new varieties that combine yield potential and tolerance to ELS, scientist under the umbrella of TL III aimed to develop highly yielding medium duration groundnut tolerant to ELS which is discussed in the poster presentation.
In Uganda, groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L) the second most important legume after beans and is cultivated on nearly 260,000 ha, representing 24.6% of the total arable land. A combined approach including Marker Assisted Selection, agro-ecological testing using Breeding Management Systems (BMS) software shows some promising perspectives and efficacy to resolve the current constraints challenging the crop performance, read more in the poster.
Assessment of common bean genotypes for farmers’ preferencesTropical Legumes III
Commonbean (Phaseolus vulgaris) plays a principal role in the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Tanzania. It is estimated that over 75% of rural households in Tanzania depend on beans for daily subsistence. In order to ensure preferences and acceptance of developed bean varieties, farmers are involved in variety selection procedures through participatory research approach. Involvement of farmers confirms awareness, acceptance, adoption and spatial diffusion of the developed bean varieties.
Advances in legume breeding for better livelihoods of smallholder farmers in ssaTropical Legumes III
#DYK the benefits of legumes: It intensify cropping systems as double, catch, relay and intercrops; Provide ‘free’ nitrogen to soils through atmospheric nitrogen fixation; Act as break crops for disease and pest cycles; Increase and diversify smallholder farmers’ incomes and Increase household diet quality with plant proteins and micronutrients.
Advances in groundnut (arachis hypogaea l.) breeding for resilient cropping s...Tropical Legumes III
Smallholder farmers’ who follow recommended practices including optimal crop density and planting time benefit with yield improvement. The study held under TL III on “Advances in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) breeding for resilient cropping systems in Burkina Faso” substantiates the above statement.
Advances in chickpea crop improvement for improved productivity and resilient...Tropical Legumes III
#DYK National production of Chickpea in Ethiopia have doubled (1.9 ton ha-1) compared to what it was a decade ago. However, the country’s share in the global chickpea export market is only about 4%, study conducted under TL III suggests some future directions to address this: crop improvement to meet quality requirements, drought and heat tolerant varieties, mechanized farming, strengthen seed system to satisfy the increasing demand, enhance technology dissemination and market linkage, strengthened small-pack approach and push chickpea to non-traditional potential areas.
Welfare impacts of improved chickpea adoption a pathway for rural development...Tropical Legumes III
Study on impact of improved chickpea adoption on welfare in Ethiopia using three rounds of panel data. The study found that increasing access to improved chickpea appears a promising pathway for rural development in Ethiopia’s chickpea growing regions. Published by Elsevier
Ltd. Open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Setting and facilitation of functional innovation platform: Training of TL III project support teams in groundnut and common bean seed systems in Tanzania and Uganda
ICRISAT newsletter - Happenings, featured 2 stories from TL III workshops held in Nairobi, Kenya. 1. TL III Monitoring Learning and Evaluation workshop and TL III Genetic Gains - Program Improvement Plan. Read the happenings document for detailed deliberations and way forward from both the workshops.
Nutraceutical market, scope and growth: Herbal drug technologyLokesh Patil
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Toxic effects of heavy metals : Lead and Arsenicsanjana502982
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In this book, we use conservation of energy techniques on a fluid element to derive the Modified Bernoulli equation of flow with viscous or friction effects. We derive the general equation of flow/ velocity and then from this we derive the Pouiselle flow equation, the transition flow equation and the turbulent flow equation. In the situations where there are no viscous effects , the equation reduces to the Bernoulli equation. From experimental results, we are able to include other terms in the Bernoulli equation. We also look at cases where pressure gradients exist. We use the Modified Bernoulli equation to derive equations of flow rate for pipes of different cross sectional areas connected together. We also extend our techniques of energy conservation to a sphere falling in a viscous medium under the effect of gravity. We demonstrate Stokes equation of terminal velocity and turbulent flow equation. We look at a way of calculating the time taken for a body to fall in a viscous medium. We also look at the general equation of terminal velocity.
Nucleophilic Addition of carbonyl compounds.pptxSSR02
Nucleophilic addition is the most important reaction of carbonyls. Not just aldehydes and ketones, but also carboxylic acid derivatives in general.
Carbonyls undergo addition reactions with a large range of nucleophiles.
Comparing the relative basicity of the nucleophile and the product is extremely helpful in determining how reversible the addition reaction is. Reactions with Grignards and hydrides are irreversible. Reactions with weak bases like halides and carboxylates generally don’t happen.
Electronic effects (inductive effects, electron donation) have a large impact on reactivity.
Large groups adjacent to the carbonyl will slow the rate of reaction.
Neutral nucleophiles can also add to carbonyls, although their additions are generally slower and more reversible. Acid catalysis is sometimes employed to increase the rate of addition.
Seminar of U.V. Spectroscopy by SAMIR PANDASAMIR PANDA
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Inspired by David Donoho's vision, this talk aims to revisit the three crucial pillars of frictionless reproducibility (data sharing, code sharing, and competitive challenges) with the perspective of deep software variability.
Our observation is that multiple layers — hardware, operating systems, third-party libraries, software versions, input data, compile-time options, and parameters — are subject to variability that exacerbates frictions but is also essential for achieving robust, generalizable results and fostering innovation. I will first review the literature, providing evidence of how the complex variability interactions across these layers affect qualitative and quantitative software properties, thereby complicating the reproduction and replication of scientific studies in various fields.
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This presentation explores a brief idea about the structural and functional attributes of nucleotides, the structure and function of genetic materials along with the impact of UV rays and pH upon them.
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Fifth bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III) project
1. About Tropical Legumes III
project
Tropical Legumes project is a 10 year
vision funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates
foundation and jointly implemented by
ICRISAT, International Center for Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT), International Institute
of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and National
Agricultural Research Systems (NARS)
of the target countries in sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA). Tropical
Legumes III (TL III) which is the third
phase of the Tropical Legumes project
seeks to improve the lives of smallholder
farmers in the target region through
enhanced grain legume productivity and
production.
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Project:
Tropical Legumes III
(TL III)
Investor:
Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation
Partners:
This work has
been undertaken
as part of the
Executive summary
TL III convenes its annual meeting
alongside the Pan African Grain
Legumes and World Cowpea Conference
Grain legumes are a key source of nitrogen-
rich edible seeds, providing a wide variety
of high-protein products and constituting a
major source of dietary protein in the diets
of the poor in most parts of SSA. Their ability
to fix atmospheric nitrogen makes legumes
excellent components within the various
farming systems. Against this backdrop most
developmental partners (including ICRISAT)
are pushing the legume agenda forward. The
TL III project, lead by ICRISAT, is built directly
upon the outputs and momentum of Tropical
Legumes I (TL I) and Tropical Legumes II (TL II)
projects, but is strategically focused on fewer
legumes (chickpea, cowpea, common bean and
groundnut) and fewer geographies (Burkina
Faso, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania,
Uganda and India’s Uttar Pradesh). With the
focus on firming up country work plans, the
TL III community convened its first annual
meeting at a very opportune time alongside the
Pan African Grain Legumes and World Cowpea
Conference [one of the signature events of 2016
International Year of Pulses (declared by the 68th UN
General Assembly as “International Year of Pulses”)],
during 28 February - 4 March, 2016. The conference
was held under the theme “Sustainable grain legume
systems for food, income and nutrition security in a
rapidly changing environment” and thereafter TL III
annual meeting provided a platform for all project
implementers’ to review the progress made under TL III
and the way forward to ensure the project achieves its
desired goal.
At the close of the two events, the following outputs
were achieved:
▪▪ The importance of grain legumes to food security,
child health, environmental sustainability, economic
welfare and livelihood of smallholder farmers in
Africa was articulated.
▪▪ Partners reviewed the 2015-16 project progress and
planned the 2016-17 activities for all implementing
countries.
▪▪ Adoption Seed Road Maps for improved varieties
of the crops in each country, were reviewed and
endorsed.
▪▪ Partners reviewed the project results framework and
result tracker and finalized the Monitoring Learning
and Evaluation (MLE) Plan.
Introduction
Leading Grain Legumes Scientists, from CGIAR centers
including ICRISAT, had an opportunity to participate
in the “Pan Africa Grain Legumes & World Cowpea
Conference” from 28 Feb - 4 March, 2016 in Livingstone
Zambia. The conference, held under the theme
“Sustainable grain legume systems for food, income and
nutrition security in a rapidly changing environment”,
was organized and hosted by IITA, Feed-the-Future
Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Grain
Legumes (Legume Innovation Lab) and CIAT. Co-hosts for
the conference were: Zambia Ministry of Agriculture and
Livestock (MAL), Zambia Agriculture Research Institute
(ZARI), Center for Coordination of Agricultural Research
and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA),
Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA), ICRISAT,
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes, Putting
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Nitrogen Fixation to Work for Smallholder Farmers in
Africa (N2Africa), Tropical Legumes III Project, Feed-the-
Future Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Cowpea,
Feed-the-Future Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient
Chickpea, University of Zambia (UNZA) and Crop Science
Society of America (CSSA).
The conference sought to create synergies and enhance
networking and collaboration, in grain legumes research
for development.
Thereafter the first TL III annual review and planning
meeting was held during 3 - 4 March 2016.
The meeting had three main objectives;
▪▪ Provide the TL III scientific community with
opportunity to present and refine TL III country work
plans along the three broad result areas of gender,
breeding and seed systems;
▪▪ To understand and finalize the project MLE plans
and;
▪▪ To finalize the detailed Adoption Seed Roadmap
for improved varieties in each country, by crop
combination.
The conference and annual meeting featured various
parallel sessions of presentation, both oral and posters,
exhibitions and break ways.
Opening remarks
Speaking as the honored dignitary at the launch of
the conference, Dr David Bergvinson, Director General
ICRISAT, highlighted the importance of legume crops
for mankind and also ICRISAT’s commitment to work
with legume crops to contribute towards global food
and nutrition security. “With investment in crop
improvement and agronomy research, pulses can be
made resilient to climate change as well as diversify
income sources for farmers. Focused research efforts
creating expanded value-added marketplace for pulses,
will generate new market opportunities for farmers to
make farmers prosperous, as well as modernize our food
systems to become more sustainable, equitable and
nutritious,” said Dr Bergvinson.
Mr Given Lubinda, Honorable Minister of Agriculture,
Zambia, underscored the importance of legume crops
in achieving global food and nutrition security. Bringing
this to the notice of the global community was also
recognized and embraced by Mr Lubinda. The minister
also assured the participants that his government is
determined to make Zambia the food basket of the
region and therefore contribute significantly to the
global food supply chain. He urged African countries
to move ahead of the traditional farming and promote
mechanized and climate smart agriculture as well as
take advantage of the digital or ICT solutions to enhance
crop production. Later, Mr Given Lubinda visited the
ICRISAT exhibition booth, to learn about the technology
developed under the TL III project.
Conference presentations
Dr Rajeev K Varshney, Research Program Director -
Genetic Gains and Principal Investigator, TL III, ICRISAT,
speaking about “Enhancing genetic gains in chickpea
breeding in marginal environment in Africa and South
Asia”, highlighted ICRISAT’s research on Grain Legumes
and other key initiatives like, “The 3,000 chickpea
genome sequencing initiative”, an international effort
to sequence and phenotype the chickpea global
composite collection. Dr Varshney presented the
progress on chickpea from a small number of markers,
to re-sequencing and molecular breeding, as a result of
coordinated efforts of the TL I, TL II and TL III projects.
Dr Emmanuel Monyo, Principal Scientist and
Coordinator, TL III, ICRISAT, highlighted the achievements
of the Tropical legumes project over the past seven
Dr Bergvinson with other dignitaries on the dais.
Mr Given Lubinda, Honorable Minister of Agriculture, Zambia
(far right) accompanied by Dr Bergvinson, (third from right)
at ICRISAT Exhibition Booth. At the center is Dr Moses Mwale,
Director, Zambia Agricultural Research Institute and to the
left, Dr Monyo, TL III Coordinator, ICRISAT.
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years (Figure 1), and the future intent of the project
to impact on the livelihoods of more than 4 million
smallholder farmers in SSA and SA.
Dr Jeffrey Ehlers, Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, highlighted the importance of linking the
new varieties development, to seed delivery systems, in
order to deliver new technologies to the farmers as soon
as they are made available.
Other TL III scientists who presented at the conference
were, Dr Ganga Rao, Senior Scientist (Breeding, Grain
Legumes), on R&D efforts in pigeonpea breeding in
ESA; Dr Christopher Ochieng Ojiewo, Senior Scientist
- Legumes Breeding, Grain Legumes, on Advances in
chickpea breeding in ESA: Current status and emerging
issues; Dr Pooran Gaur, Assistant Research Program
Director - Grain Legumes, on Tailoring chickpea varieties
for amenability to machine harvesting; Dr Olusoji
Olufajo, on Enhancing release and dissemination of
improved cowpea varieties; Dr Papia Binagwa, on
Capacity building of farmer groups in quality seed
production; Dr Paul Aseete, on Influence of group factors
on women empowerment in collective action: Case of
bean production in Central Uganda; Dr Benoit Joseph,
on Marker assisted backcrossing to improve cowpea
for drought tolerance; Dr Enid Katungi, on Estimating
common bean consumption demand in Uganda; Dr
Ousmane Boukar, on Development and dissemination of
drought tolerant cowpea varieties in sub-Saharan Africa,
etc.
Four posters presented by TL III scientists team, at the
poster sessions were on:
i. An Overview of Chickpea Improvement Program of
Ethiopia
ii. Innovative Chickpea Seed and Technology Delivery
Systems in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA)
iii. Overview of Tropical Legumes Projects (TL-I, TL-II, TL-
III) - the Chickpea Scenario in Ethiopia, and
iv. Success of Chickpea Production in North Gondar
Zone of Ethiopia
Meeting proceedings
The two days meeting was attended by around 50
participants from partner institutes including CIAT, IITA,
ICRISAT scientists from India and Africa locations and key
representatives from NARS partners from SA and Africa.
The meeting was categorized into five sessions:
Section 1
During the inaugural address, Dr Bergvinson said, “Focus
on farmers, lasting capacities and honor for the urgency
is our main focus”. He also highlighted the need to
leverage on the potential of ICT’s to connect farmers
with market and empower them with more informed
and profitable farming practices.
Dr Ehlers, emphasized on the need to understand the
current status, identify gaps and move forward more
collectively in order to achieve the objectives of TL III.
Other speakers during the session were;
Dr Varshney, who shared his experience as Principal
Investigator, TL III; Dr Monyo, who outlined the
objectives and expectations of the meeting; Dr Omari
Mponda, Zonal Director for Research, Southern
Dr Varshney, making a presentation.
Figure 1. Achievements of Tropical legumes project over seven
year period
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Tanzania; Dr Robin Buruchara, Director, CIAT Africa and
Dr David Chikoye, Director, IITA ESA Region, highlighted
the perspectives of the NARS partners, CIAT and IITA
respectively.
Section 2
The session on Elaboration of detailed Country
Workplans, was chaired by Dr Varshney, and offered
various countries the opportunity to review the 2015-16
project progress and 2016-17 planned activities for each
implementing country.
Section 3
The Measurement Learning and Evaluation (MLE)
session, was divided into two parts, plenary
presentations and breakout groups by theme. During
the plenary, the following presentations were made;
TL III data management plan, Dr Abhishek Rathore;
Status and discussion on Integration of ICT’s in TL III,
Mr Nilesh Mishra and The TL III Global Measurement
Framework, Dr Kai Mausch. The group work structure
was around the following themes, a) Gender adoption
and impact b) Breeding and genetic gain, and c) Seed
systems. Later, the group rapporteurs presented the
MLE plenary report from the working groups.
Section 4
The Seed production and adoption roadmap
session, was chaired by Dr Ehlers and comprised of
a presentation by Dr Rubyogo JC, CIAT, on TL III seed
production/adoption targets and strategies for their
attainment, followed by a discussion on the same topic,
and later a plenary report from the seed production and
adoption roadmap for each country was presented.
Section 5
Closing remarks by Dr Olusoji Olufajo, NARS
representative, appreciated the efforts of ICRISAT, CIAT,
IITA and especially the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
who are supporting the TL III project to strengthen
the capacities of NARS partners and in turn help the
smallholder farmers in South Asia and Africa to achieve
food and nutritional security.
Dr Ehlers, commended ICRISAT for its leadership in
the project and urged all partners to take this project
as an opportunity to strengthen their skills and build
their capacities so they become self-sufficient and
sustainable, in addressing the challenges and issues in
legumes crops in their region and build a better food
secure future.
Participants at Tropical Legumes III annual meeting in Livingstone, Zambia.
Participants during group discussions at TL-III annual meeting.
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Voices from partners and partner institutions
Case study of Kilindi district, Tanga
Capacity building of farmer groups for good quality seed production to accelerate adoption of improved
bean varieties in northern zone of Tanzania
In Tanzania, the access and use of certified seed of beans, by farmers, remains unsatisfactory and 90% of the seeds
used for planting, are farm saved seeds which are highly susceptible to soil borne pathogens, hence leading to
low yield. In response to this weakness in seed systems, Tanzania adopted the decentralized seed schemes such
as, Quality Declared Seed (QDS) or standard seed grades, aiming at improving the availability of quality seed at
local level. The government of Tanzania in collaboration with various international partners, has taken several
initiatives to strengthen the national bean seed program. Stakeholders meetings were conducted, followed by
farmers’ training on seed production. Sites for conducting demonstrations of improved bean technologies for
quality declared seeds were selected in seven villages and in each village, six improved bean varieties and local
landraces were planted. Farmers managed these demonstration sites in collaboration with the extension officers.
Field inspections were conducted often, so that farmers could meet seed standards set by quality seed authorizing
institute. In order to enhance the adoption, field days were conducted at maturity stage of the crop, in one of
the demo plots. Out of 42 farmers who participated in the training on quality declared seed production, merely
18 farmers agreed to participate fully for QDS production and 8 ha were identified for seed production. Due to
weather change, 4.8 ha were planted and 4,850 kg of quality declared seeds produced. Through popularizing bean
varieties, 253 bean stakeholders including farmers participated in the field day. This QDS approach has been an
advantage to increase the access of quality common bean seeds to smallholders’ farmers in the rural areas.
Contributor:
Papias Binagwa – Common bean focal point, Tanzania
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Case study from Nigeria
Enhancing the release and dissemination of improved drought tolerant cowpea varieties in Nigeria
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) is the most important food legume in West and Central Africa, where it
serves as a source of vegetable protein and livestock fodder, as well as a major contributor to the improvement
and maintenance of soil fertility. Cowpea production in Nigeria takes place mainly in the dry savanna region. With
the present climate change challenges, the importance of cowpea will increase significantly in this region, where
water-deficit stress, poor soil fertility and parasitic weeds attack, are frequently observed. In Nigeria, the demand
for cowpea is very high and an annual deficit of 0.5 million tons has recently been projected (Abate et al. 2012).
In order to address the numerous constraints militating against cowpea production, lines adapted to most of the
production regions have been developed. A present paper presents the results of a multi-location and on-farm
experiments leading to the release of two high performing cowpea lines (IT07K-318-33 and IT07K-292-10) that are
tolerant to drought and striga/alectra.
Grain yields of IT07K-318-33 in multi-location trials, ranged from 616 – 2,067 kg ha-1
, with a mean yield of
1,373 kg ha-1
, while those of IT07K-292-10 varied from 305 – 2,182 kg ha-1
with a mean of 1,347 kg ha-1
. Both lines
matured in about 76 days, which makes them early maturing lines. In participatory on-farm trials, IT07K-292-10
and IT07K-318-33 out-performed the farmers’ variety by 119.2% and 142.5%, respectively. Farmers showed
preference to both varieties and ranked them highly, due to their early maturity, high yield, drought tolerance,
high market value and good fodder quality.
Based on the results of the multi-location and on-farm trials, as well as end of season evaluation at the different
locations, IT07K-292-10 and IT07K-318-33 were found superior to the local improved released and improved
breeding lines tested. Apart from being high-yielding, the two varieties are tolerant to drought and Striga,
which are major constraints to cowpea production in the dry savanna. Moreover, both varieties have combined
resistance to most of the common diseases. While IT07K-292-10 (SAMPEA 16) is white seeded, IT07K-318-33
(SAMPEA 17) is brown seeded, thereby providing choice to both farmers and consumers. The two varieties
were approved for registration and release by the Nigerian Crop Varieties and Livestock Breeds Registration and
Release Committee in June 2015, as it was obvious that farmers would be willing to adopt them. This committee
is ensuring the availability of improved varieties to farmers, thus addressing issues of food security, increased
productivity and income. Breeder seed of these cultivars is being maintained at IITA as well as the Institute for
Agricultural Research of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Nigeria.
Contributors:
Olusoji Olaolu Olufajo1
, Ousmane Boukar2
, Christian Fatokun2
, Muhammed Lawan Umar1
and Mohammed Faguji
Ishiyaku1
1
Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
2
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan