Resource Center
This Resource Center collates a large number of publications related to the Tropical Legumes projects. A summary provides a quick overview of each resource and a longer description is included when you click on the ‘Read more’ button. You can use the ‘Search’ field on the left or use the drop-down menus and the ‘Submit’ button to narrow down your search.
Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms (General Context of Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties and Innovation Platform Perspectives: Chapter 1 of 14)
Chapter 1 of a book that shares the experiences of TL III in facilitating smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties through innovation platforms in seven developing countries for the past 12 years.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (212.71 KB)
Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash: A Renaissance within Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (A brief overview of smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties: Chapter 1 of 9)
Chapter 1 of a book that shares impact stories and testimonies from various value chain actors who were part of the Tropical Legumes projects over the course of 12 years.
Project: TLII, TLIII
File type: PDF (521.16 KB)
A decade of Tropical Legumes projects: Development and adoption of improved varieties, creation of market‐demand to benefit smallholder farmers and empowerment of national programmes in sub‐Saharan Africa and South Asia
This article highlights 12 years (2007–2019) of research, achievements, lessons learned, challenges and gaps in discovery‐to‐delivery research in legumes emanating from three projects, collectively called Tropical Legumes (TL) with a total investment of about US$ 67 million funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (668.99 KB)
Seven Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers in the Drought-Prone Areas of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia through Tropical Legumes, 2007–2014 (Enhancing market opportunities, policies and partnerships along the legume value chain to increase the income and nutritional security of smallholder farmers in drought-prone areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Chapter 1 of 13)
Front matter and Chapter 1 of a book published after seven years of TLII, representing an important record of the project’s work and achievements.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (1.38 MB)
Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms (Groundnut Seed Production and Distribution Through Multi-Stakeholder Platforms in Southern Region of Tanzania: Chapter 2 of 14)
Chapter 2 of a book that shares the experiences of TL III in facilitating smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties through innovation platforms in seven developing countries for the past 12 years.
Project: TLII, TLIII
File type: PDF (695.57 KB)
Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms (An Analysis of Groundnut Innovation Platform Achievements in Brokering Improved Varieties to Communities in TL III Project in Burkina Faso: Chapter 3 of 14)
Chapter 3 of a book that shares the experiences of TL III in facilitating smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties through innovation platforms in seven developing countries for the past 12 years.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (282.78 KB)
Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms (Kolokani Groundnut Innovation Platform Activities and Achievements Through TL III Project in Mali: Chapter 4 of 14)
Chapter 4 of a book that shares the experiences of TL III in facilitating smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties through innovation platforms in seven developing countries for the past 12 years.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (322.34 KB)
Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms (Enhancing Access to Quality Seed of Improved Groundnut Varieties Through Multi-Stakeholder Platforms in Northern Ghana: Chapter 5 of 14)
Chapter 5 of a book that shares the experiences of TL III in facilitating smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties through innovation platforms in seven developing countries for the past 12 years.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (415.45 KB)
Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms (Impact Assessment of Developing Sustainable and Impact-Oriented Groundnut Seed System Under the Tropical Legumes (III) Project in Northern Nigeria: Chapter 6 of 14)
Chapter 6 of a book that shares the experiences of TL III in facilitating smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties through innovation platforms in seven developing countries for the past 12 years.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (576.74 KB)
Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms (Enhancing Chickpea Production and Productivity Through Stakeholders’ Innovation Platform Approach in Ethiopia: Chapter 7 of 14)
Chapter 7 of a book that shares the experiences of TL III in facilitating smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties through innovation platforms in seven developing countries for the past 12 years.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (662.70 KB)
Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms (Organized Farmers Towards Chickpea Seed Self-Sufficiency in Bundelkhand Region of India: Chapter 8 of 14)
Chapter 8 of a book that shares the experiences of TL III in facilitating smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties through innovation platforms in seven developing countries for the past 12 years.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (264.21 KB)
Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms (Developing Sustainable Cowpea Seed Systems for Smallholder Farmers through Innovation Platforms in Nigeria: Experience of TL III Project: Chapter 9 of 14)
Chapter 9 of a book that shares the experiences of TL III in facilitating smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties through innovation platforms in seven developing countries for the past 12 years.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (475.95 KB)
Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms (Cowpea Seed Innovation Platform: A Hope for Small Seed Producers in Mali: Chapter 10 of 14)
Chapter 10 of a book that shares the experiences of TL III in facilitating smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties through innovation platforms in seven developing countries for the past 12 years.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (707.09 KB)