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Pulses in integrated crop systems and agricultural landscapes - Robin Buruchara, Lead Author CIAT – PABRA, Kenya
Pulses provide numerous benefits when integrated into crop systems, including fixing nitrogen, breaking pest cycles, and improving soil and water efficiency. However, their integration is limited by small-scale farmers' uncertainty about prices, marketability, and labor needs. Holistic research is needed to optimize production methods, quantify pulses' impacts on systems, and facilitate farmer adoption. This includes developing agronomic options, measuring pre-crop and intercrop effects, and understanding yield gaps and farmer decision-making. Improved policies, seed systems, markets, and extension approaches can also support greater pulse integration.
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Pulses in integrated crop systems and agricultural landscapes - Robin Buruchara, Lead Author CIAT – PABRA, Kenya
- 1. Pulses in IntegratedCrop Systems and Agricultural Landscapes Robin Buruchara Director, Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA), CIAT. IYP 2016 Global Dialogue FAO, Rome, Italy 22 -23 November 2016
- 2. Contribution of Pulsesin Productivity Cropping Systems • Availability of nitrogen and other nutrients • Break disease, pest and weed cycle • Enhance nutrient and water use efficiency • Reduce the impact of weather extremes • Augment system diversity • Diverse legumes have diverse uses (human livestock etc.)
- 3. Why is integrationof pulses into farming systems limited? • Uncertainty in small scale system: Price signals Pulse marketability Labor requirements Benefits are unclear
- 4. Need for holisticresearch to: • Optimize production methods – by developing appropriate agronomical management options that full exploit genetic potential. • Quantify impacts of pulses in farming systems – incentives for farmers • Facilitate farmers to adopt pulses
- 5. Optimizing production methods Improvingpulse integration within e.g. cereal systems: Staking options -Innovative and environmentally friendly staking options With a focus on developing appropriate agronomical management to fully exploit genetic traits
- 6. INTEGRATED PEST ANDDISEASE WEED MANAGEMENT (IPDWM) PEST AND DISEASE KNOWLEDGE Key pests and diseases Lifecycles Geographical areas Mapping SURVEILLANCE & MONITORING Crop monitoring Pest and disease prediction PREVENTION Site selection Variety Time of planting and rotations Water & nutrient management Farm hygiene Pest host management INTERVENTION Mechanical Biological Chemical Cultural Integrated pest, disease and weed management
- 7. Integrated soil fertilityand water management
- 8. Solar bubble driers(GrainPro) Hermetic grain storage bags Metallic silos Innovative post harvest grain handling & storage approaches Postharvestlosses 30% <10%
- 9. Quantifying impacts ofpulses in farming systems • Pre-crop and intercrop effects (e.g. improved yields and protein content of cereals) • Disruption of weed, pest, and disease cycles • Water use efficiency • Multiple services in farming systems • Greenhouse gas footprints • Agrobiodiversity and ecosystem services
- 10. Facilitating pulse adoptionby farmers • Develop understanding on: – Factors underlying yield gaps – Farmer decision making – Farmer variety selection and demand for technologies
- 11. Innovative tools and approachesfor pulse market Food Processors Humanitarian Agencies Animal Feed Manufacturers & Bulk Handlers P 1 P 4 P 3 P5 P2 P 6 Cre dit Insuran ce MIS Extension apps Research and Extension Input Supply Platform Lead firm/aggregator P 1 P2 P6 ICT INTERFACED VALUE CHAINS Transport and logistics Apps Quality-Traceability Apps Production hubs (P) Markets/Con sumption hubs Distribution hubs Payment (apps) Payment (apps)
- 12. Evaluating & developingmulti-actors approaches for enhanced seed production and access Multi-stakeholders seed platforms Basic seed (NARS & Public and Private seed enterprises) Certified seed (large and small packs) Certified/Quality Declared Seed Breeder seed (NARS & Public and Private seed enterprises - licensed) Mechanization tools/labor saving technologies Farmers Traders Farmers
- 13. Facilitating better policy •To facilitate development of policy options, appropriate to various scales, addressing – Minimal (and declining) investment in agricultural research and development – Poor research – extension linkages – Functioning input-output markets – Incentives to support integration of pulses in farming systems – Effective information delivery and sharing • Between research and extension • Value chain actors • Within farmer to farmer networks
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