Chickpea Baseline and Early Adoption Surveys in South Asia: Insights from TL-II (Phase-I) Project – Synthesis Report
Report documenting the rapid strides made between 2007 and 2010 in taking new chickpea varieties to Central and South Indian farmers through farmer preferred varietal selection followed by the production and supply of seeds.
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.
Tropical Legumes II: Profiles of Progress
Bulletin released by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Development Program in February 2012. Presents a short overview of the TLII project, as well as a personal profile of a smallholder farmer.
Tropical Grain Legumes in Africa and South Asia: Knowledge and Opportunities
A report that brings together the information required to develop an effective research and development strategy for tropical legumes, reviewing trends, research impacts, and constraints in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
A systems and partnership approach to agricultural research for development – Lessons from Ethiopia
A paper presenting a methodology based on the innovation systems approach that has been used in Ethiopia to facilitate agricultural innovations and the diffusion of new technologies, illustrated with experiences in scaling up three grain legumes.
Chickpea Seed Production Manual
This manual provides comprehensive information on improved seed production technologies for growing a healthy seed crop of chickpea and storage of chickpea seed. The manual will be useful to all chickpea seed growers involved in formal and informal seed systems.
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.
