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)
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 (A Cross-Case Analysis of Innovation Platform Experiences in Seven Countries in West and East Africa and South Asia: Chapter 13 of 14)
Chapter 13 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 (256.72 KB)
Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms (Innovation Platform for Catalyzing Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties to Smallholder Farmers: Chapter 14 of 14)
Chapter 14 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 (219.13 KB)
Analyzing Pathways of Nurturing Informal Seed Production into Formal Private Ventures for Sustainable Seed Delivery and Crop Productivity: Experiences from Ethiopia
This manuscript analyzes the experiences of informal seed producers who graduated to formal private seed enterprises to understand the effectiveness of the support they receive to become viable seed ventures.
Project: TLII, TLIII
File type: PDF (512.55 KB)
Advances in Crop Improvement and Delivery Research for Nutritional Quality and Health Benefits of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
A review paper highlighting advances in crop improvement to enhance groundnut grain quality and nutrient profile for food, nutrition and economic benefits, focusing on host-induced gene silencing and transgenic approaches, high oleic groundnut varieties, research on groundnut allergens, exploitation of diploid and tetraploid genome sequences, and the delivery of advanced genetics to smallholder farmers.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (1.54 MB)
Legume seed production for sustainable seed supply and crop productivity: case of groundnut in Tanzania and Uganda
This article uses a cost-benefit analysis to evaluate different seed production models for groundnut seeds in Tanzania and Uganda.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (1.65 MB)
Breeding tropical legume crops for resilient cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
This poster abstract summarizes the achievements of CGIAR centers and national research partners, who have with the support of the Tropical Legumes project enhanced legume crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa through the use of genetic technology.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (106.17 KB)
Legume breeding and seed systems for improved livelihoods and impact
This abstract summarises the aims and achievements of the Tropical Legumes project with national breeding programs to develop improved groundnut varieties by identifying sources of resistance, developing populations, evaluating in target environments, and releasing improved farmer-preferred varieties for production.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (93.83 KB)
An Overview of Chickpea Improvement Program of Ethiopia
Poster presenting the national chickpea improvement program in Ethiopia under the first years of the TLIII project.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (1.17 MB)