Tropical Legumes II: Final Report
Final report to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the achievements of the Tropical Legumes II phase II project, which ran from 2011 to 2015. Note, some financial details have been redacted.
Grain Legumes Strategies and Seed Roadmaps for Select Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia (Kenya: Chapter 3 of 16)
Grain legumes strategies and roadmaps for Kenya, identifying workable and efficient models for the production of different categories of legume seed.
Grain Legumes Strategies and Seed Roadmaps for Select Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia (Foreword: Chapter 1 of 16)
Foreword and front matter for a set of grain legumes strategies and roadmaps created by TLII that identify workable and efficient models for the production of different categories of legume seed in individual countries.
TLII Bulletin of Tropical Legumes, Issue 20
Issue 20 of the Bulletin of Tropical Legumes, a monthly publication of the Tropical Legumes II project. This issue reports on activities and highlights progress in 2013 with a special focus on Kenya.
Four Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers: Progress of Phase 1
Book-length report published at the end of the TLII project’s first phase (2007–2011) to document the lessons learned across the 10 target countries. Chapters report on experiences with specific grain legumes in specific regions.
Relative importance of common bean attributes and variety demand in the drought areas of Kenya
The findings presented in this study reveal that varietal adaptation to environmental stresses should also strive to reduce cooking time, as well as enhance keeping quality and grain color to improve benefits for the poor. The study argues that prioritizing the improvement of production attributes as a short-term goal seems an efficient strategy when multi-attribute based breeding is a long process.
A cost-benefit analysis of farmer-based seed production for common bean in Kenya
This study examined the profitability of farmer-based common bean seed production in Kenya. The principal finding was that farmer-based common bean seed production was a profitable enterprise and was less sensitive to price fluctuations.
Improving Common Bean Productivity: An Analysis of Socioeconomic Factors in Ethiopia and Eastern Kenya – Baseline Research Report
Baseline report summarizing research and systematically assessing the smallholder farmer context and the constraints that hinder common bean productivity improvements in Eastern Kenya and Ethiopia.
Lessons from Two Years of Tropical Legumes II: Second Annual Review and Planning Meeting 16–20 November 2009, Bamako, Mali
Lessons from two years of the Tropical Legumes II Project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), which aims to bring about significant increases in the productivity and production of tropical legumes to improve farmers’ income, nutrition quality, and livelihoods in the drought-prone areas of SSA and South SA.
Promoting a versatile but yet minor crop: Soybean in the farming systems of Kenya
Using a three-tier-approach based on successful soybean promotion strategies, this study assesses the effect of market development at household-level, community-level, and linking farmers’ groups to industrial processors on sustainable soybean promotion in Kenya.
