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 (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)
Estimating and Decomposing Groundnut Gender Yield Gap: Evidence from Rural Farming Households in Northern Nigeria
Using data from smallholder groundnut producers in Nigeria, we analyzed the gender yield gap by applying the exogenous switching regression model and Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition framework. Results showed a significant gender yield gap in favor of male headed households.
Project: TLII, TLIII
File type: PDF (284.92 KB)
304 improved varieties developed in 15 countries in Africa, India and Bangladesh
This infographic summarizes the achievements of the Tropical Legumes projects across 15 countries and 6 crops.
Project: TLII, TLIII
File type: PDF (3.40 MB)
Analysis of Adoption of Improved Groundnut Varieties in the Tropical Legume Project (TL III) States in Nigeria
This study analyzes through descriptive statistics and an Average Treatment Effect (ATE) framework data on the adoption of improved groundnut varieties in Nigeria.
Project: TLIII
File type: External site / PDF (1.06 MB)
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)
Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash: A Renaissance within Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (Breakthroughs in groundnut production communities in Nigeria: Chapter 6 of 9)
Chapter 6 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 (685.25 KB)
Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash: A Renaissance within Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (Women at the center of cowpea value chain development in Nigeria: Chapter 7 of 9)
Chapter 7 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 (661.22 KB)
Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash: A Renaissance within Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (Concluding remarks – the Tropical Legumes Projects empowered communities in a wide variety of assets: Chapter 9 of 9)
Chapter 9 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 (150.11 KB)
Nigeria Country Plan Baseline and Varietal Monitoring Survey
This report documents the adoption of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria using two approaches: a traditional survey approach in which information was directly elicited from farmers, and a DNA fingerprinting approach.
Project: TLII, TLIII
File type: PDF (2.18 MB)