Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash: A Renaissance within Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (Better-off women boosting groundnut business in Ghana: Chapter 8 of 9)
Chapter 8 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 (2.00 MB)
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)
Tropical Legumes project intervention and advancement of the common bean program of Ethiopia
This poster demonstrates how the Tropical Legumes initiatives improved the performance of Ethiopia’s common bean program and enhanced the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (2.16 MB)
Adoption of varietal and accompanying groundnut technologies in Sokoto and Kebbi States of Northwestern Nigeria
This paper summarises the outcomes of an adoption survey of new groundnut varieties in north western Nigeria.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (385.38 KB)
A recipe for success? Learning from the rapid adoption of improved chickpea varieties in Ethiopia
A study of the remarkably fast spread of improved chickpea varieties in Ethiopia, where adoption rose from 30% to 80% within seven years. It details how an attractive technology suitable for rural households in a conducive environment enabled adoption.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (1.87 MB)
Market-led options to scale up legume seeds in developing countries: Experiences from the Tropical Legumes Project
A report of experiences in developing seed delivery under the Tropical Legumes projects, which fostered public–private joint testing of market‐led seed systems, skills and knowledge enhancement, and de‐risking of private sector initiatives.
Project: TLII, TLIII
File type: External site / PDF (628.96 KB)
Bridging the gap: Decomposing sources of gender yield gaps in Uganda groundnut production
A study investigating the underlying causes of a gender yield gap in groundnut production, based on survey data from 228 farm households from two groundnut growing regions in Uganda.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (1.78 MB)
Adoption and ex-post impacts of improved cowpea varieties on productivity and net returns in Nigeria
An assessment of the adoption and impacts of improved cowpea varieties on yields, net returns, and production costs in northern Nigeria, using data from 1,525 households and applying a control function approach and propensity score matching models.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (203.97 KB)
Patterns and drivers of the adoption of improved groundnut technologies in North-western Nigeria
This article presents the results of interviews with farm families to assess the extent to which improved groundnut varieties are being adopted in northwestern Nigeria.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (518.24 KB)