Grain Legumes for Greener Farms
This infographic provides a brief overview of how grain legumes can contribute to greener farms.
Tropical Legumes and Gender
This infographic identifies the ways in which gender inequality can be redressed in legume value chains.
Invest in legumes for a sustainable farming future
This infographic highlights the need for legume seed development to support the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in the developing world.
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.
How to make grain legumes great again: the 3 R4D pillars for impact
This infographic describes the three R4D pillars for improvement and dissemination of legume crop varieties.
Fine mapping and gene cloning in the post-NGS era: advances and prospects
In this review, the authors compare the marker systems used for fine mapping and QTL cloning in the pre- and post-NGS era. They then discuss how different NGS platforms in combination with advanced experimental designs have improved trait analysis and fine mapping.
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.
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.
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.
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.
