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 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.
Identification and application of phenotypic and molecular markers for abiotic stress tolerance in soybean
This article identifies and applies phenotypic and molecular markers for abiotic stress tolerance in soybean.
Overview of groundnut research in Uganda: past, present and future
This study provides an overview of research undertaken by the groundnut department at the National Semi-Arid Research Resources Institute (NaSARRI) which targets cultivar development, maintenance and conservation through germplasm collection, characterization, evaluation, breeding, maintenance and the generation of appropriate crop management technologies for sustained production.
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.
Breeding peanut for resistance to Aflatoxin contamination at ICRISAT
The research presented in this paper suggests that transgenic resistance against fungal infection and aflatoxin production in combination with conventional breeding efforts may lead to the development of agronomically superior peanuts that are free of aflatoxin contamination.
Dissemination and end-of-project workshop on “Development of Sustainable Seed Systems in West Africa” held in Bamako, Mali
A brief review of the achievements of the 4-year Groundnut Seed Project, funded by the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC).
