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.
Project: TLII
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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.
Project: TLII
File type: External site
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.
Project: TLII
File type: PDF (1.92 MB)
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.
Project: TLII
File type: PDF (2.18 MB)