TL III Genetic Gains Program improvement Plan_Groundnut_Uganda

1. Tropical Legumes III
Improving Livelihoods for Smallholder Farmers:
Enhanced Grain Legume Productivity and
Production in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Groundnut Program Improvement Plan
Kalule Okello David and Team

2. Importance of Groundnuts in Uganda
 2nd most important legume after common Beans Phaseolus
vulgaris in Uganda
 Major Staple; Major growers: Eastern and Northern Uganda
 The cultivated area is estimated at nearly 260,000 ha
representing 24.6% of total arable land
 Food {plant protein: (25–28%), oil: (48–50%) & vitamins: E, B
cplx, folate, niacin; Minerals: Zn, Fe}
 Provides nutritious fodder (haulms) to livestock
 Cash crop: Domestic and International

3. Production Constraints
A CB
D E F

4. Projected Production and National demand 2020
Commodity
Production (1000 MT) ROG(%) Demand (1000 MT) ROG(%)
2010 2015 2020 2010 2015 2020
Beans 480 575 662 3.71 464 545 641 3.30
Soybean 182 219 255 3,35 177 215 257 3.80
Groundnuts 193 224 253 2.73 186 214 251 3.80
Pigeonpeas 145 196 253 5.65 105 124 151 3.80
Cowpea 52 53 55 0.68 52 53 55 0.68
Chickpea 6 9 12 6.08 4 5 6 3.95
Total 1,058 1,276 1,490 3.68 987 1,156 1.362 3.27
Source: Tsedeke et al., 2012. ROG figures are for 2010 and 2010 period

5. • >500 germplasm
• 211 germplasm deposited for
Exsitu storage at PGRC
• Introductions:
 140 ICRISAT R/Nurseries
 180 lines from NMSU
 53 CSSL lines from ISRA/CIRAD
 11 lines from ZARI
 8 Landraces (E&N Uganda)
 100 new Advanced lines (NPT)
Widening germplasm pool: Germplasm Assembly and
Conservation

6. RESEARCH CAPACITY STRENGTHENING
2 Renovated glasshouses
• Crosses: 60 annually
(65% successes)
• 3 cycles of F1-F3 inside
glasshouse perimeter
• 2 Observation nursery

7. Target environments
• Hotspots for GRD,LLS
• Bimodal rain
Okello et al., 2014

8. Research and Trial centres in Uganda
8

9. Active Breeding pipeline
Germplasm Conservation
(in situ & ex situ)
Hybridization
40-80 crosses annually Observation Nursery(1ha)
Experimental block(2.5ha),
6NPT
Multiplication EGS

10. CROSSES MADE IN 2016 A
1. DOK 1 R X 990400/S.14R/S.12R/S.8R
2. DOK 1 T X S.11T/S.9T/S.13T/S.7T/JUMBO ICRISAT.
3. 0802T X ICRISAT JUMBO
4. ICRISAT JUMBO X S.11 TAN /S.9 T
5. ICRISAT JUMBO X 03590
6. (S.12 R X S. 14 R) x (S.14 R X S.12 R)
7. (S.9T XS.11T) X (S.11 T X S.9 T)
8. (S.11T X S.13T) X (S.13T X S.11T)
9. (S.8R X S.10R) X (S.10RX S.8R)
10. (S.8R X S.12R) X (S.12R X S.8R)
11. (S.12R X S.14R) X (S.14R X S.12R)
12. Agriculture tan X S.6T/S.7T/S.11T/S.13T/0205/12009T
13. Gugutu (stripped red, big seeded/pod) X 88711/990400/S.8R/S.14 R/AW X
Igola stripped.
14. Gugutu (small seed/pod) X 88711/990400/S.8/S.14R/AW X Igola stripped
15. BJ x Abutalata/AW x Igola Offwhite/ AW x Igola red, AW x Igola
Intermediate/Egoromoit

11. Seed delivery systems
LSB Seed co
Onstation EGS

12. Media Reports gains reports
1. New groundnuts varieties perform to
expectation
• http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Far
ming/New+groundnut+varieties+perform+
to+expectations/-/689860/1705536/-
/erdh8o/-/index.html
2. Ugandan groundnut farmers cashing in on
improved new varieties
• http://paulndiho.com/2014/02/20/uganda
n-groundnut-farmers-cashing-in-on-
improved-new-varieties/
3. Local seed businesses ( groundnut research
featured briefly at 8:23 minute onwards)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAM2ukM
shTI

13. Capacity Building: BMS team (Akin and Magni) visited for 2
days training in March 15/16

14. Partnership and Linkages

16. Synergies and leveraging of resources
TLIII team visits NaSARRI glasshouse AGRA team visits NaSARRI glasshouse
Groundnut breeder for SSudan Nancy Loro

17. Way Forward
• Irrigation facility (I.5 ha): increase cycle
• High oleic in GRD background:
• Forward Breeding : ICRISAT/PMIL
• Genomic screening to elucidate discovered traits
(drought)
• More utilization of BMS suites ( currently using
pedigree, nursery, Breeding view)
• Improve seed system (increase EGS production,
Linkages)
• Cold storage: short, medium, longterm
• Mechanization (planting, shelling, grading)
• Functional lab
• Trainings: Formal and Informal
• Awareness: Field days, PVS, Media, Publications
(books, papers, posters), Animation project
• Strengthen socio-econ and gender aspects
• Collaborative research: GoU, Development partners,
Participating NGOS, Private Sector

18. Thank you !