Tropical Legumes III: Final Report
Final report to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the achievements of the Tropical Legumes III project, which ran from 2015 to 2019. Note, some financial details have been redacted.
Genomics, genetics and breeding of common bean in Africa: A review of tropical legume project
A review of work by CIAT and its national partners in Africa to overcome production constraints of common bean and address food and nutrition needs and market demands through development of multitrait bean varieties.
Innovative partnership in chickpea seed production and technology dissemination: A decade of lessons in Ethiopia
A study evaluating the benefits of 10 years of partnerships in chickpea technology and seed systems in Ethiopia, which complemented farmers’ participatory variety selection with the establishment and technical backstopping of seed producer associations.
Public sector soybean (Glycine max) breeding: Advances in cultivar development in the African tropics
A review providing highlights of the achievements made by IITA’s breeding program and insights into what needs to be done to enhance yield improvement for soybean in Africa using demand‐driven breeding approaches.
Innovative Chickpea Seed and Technology Delivery Systems in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA)
Poster presenting progress under TLIII to develop chickpea seed systems and boost varietal adoption in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania.
Overview of Tropical Legumes Projects (TL I, TL II, TL III) – The Chickpea Scenario in Ethiopia
Poster sharing broad information on Ethiopian chickpea activities up to 2016 in the three Tropical Legumes projects. Presents a timeline of the projects, information on the major methods employed, and results to date.
Seven Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers in the Drought-Prone Areas of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia through Tropical Legumes, 2007–2014 (Enhancing market opportunities, policies and partnerships along the legume value chain to increase the income and nutritional security of smallholder farmers in drought-prone areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Chapter 1 of 13)
Front matter and Chapter 1 of a book published after seven years of TLII, representing an important record of the project’s work and achievements.
Seven Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers in the Drought-Prone Areas of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia through Tropical Legumes, 2007–2014 (Enhancing groundnut productivity and production in Eastern and Southern Africa: Chapter 2 of 13)
Chapter 2 of a book published after seven years of TLII, representing an important record of the project’s work and achievements.
Seven Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers in the Drought-Prone Areas of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia through Tropical Legumes, 2007–2014 (Enhancing groundnut productivity and production in West and Central Africa: Chapter 3 of 13)
Chapter 3 of a book published after seven years of TLII, representing an important record of the project’s work and achievements.
Seven Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers in the Drought-Prone Areas of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia through Tropical Legumes, 2007–2014 (Enhancing groundnut productivity and production in Bangladesh and India: Chapter 4 of 13)
Chapter 4 of a book published after seven years of TLII, representing an important record of the project’s work and achievements.
