Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms (Groundnut Seed Production and Distribution Through Multi-Stakeholder Platforms in Southern Region of Tanzania: Chapter 2 of 14)
Chapter 2 of a book that shares the experiences of TL III in facilitating smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties through innovation platforms in seven developing countries for the past 12 years.
Analyzing Pathways of Nurturing Informal Seed Production into Formal Private Ventures for Sustainable Seed Delivery and Crop Productivity: Experiences from Ethiopia
This manuscript analyzes the experiences of informal seed producers who graduated to formal private seed enterprises to understand the effectiveness of the support they receive to become viable seed ventures.
Impact of improved common bean varieties on household food security on adopters in Tanzania
This paper evaluates the impact of improved common bean varieties on food security using per capita food consumption expenditure and diet diversity score.
Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLA) Success Story
The Tropical Legumes projects identified strategic partnerships as a way to reach women farmers. In northern Ghana, to address women’s limited access to finance, the initiatives worked with small-scale community financial institutions called Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) to extend loans to women farmers. This video tells the story of the success of the VSLAs in Ghana.
Analyses of African common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasm using a SNP fingerprinting platform: diversity, quality control and molecular breeding
This article describes a new SNP genotyping platform that has been set up that allows breeders without their own genotyping infrastructure to outsource such services to improve the efficiency and quality of seed handling activities, breeding, and seed dissemination through molecular tools.
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.
Chris Ojiewo, Theme leader – Genetic Gains Program, ICRISAT
Chris Ojiewo, Seed systems & Project coordinator for the Tropical Legumes projects, explains the many challenges involved in seed multiplication, why the private sector often fails to invest in these seeds, and what drives farmers to purchase seeds from the open market and not from authentic sources This video also explores what strategies are needed to improve seed supply and demand for the benefit of smallholder farmers.
Breeding tropical legume crops for resilient cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
This poster abstract summarizes the achievements of CGIAR centers and national research partners, who have with the support of the Tropical Legumes project enhanced legume crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa through the use of genetic technology.
Legume breeding and seed systems for improved livelihoods and impact
This abstract summarises the aims and achievements of the Tropical Legumes project with national breeding programs to develop improved groundnut varieties by identifying sources of resistance, developing populations, evaluating in target environments, and releasing improved farmer-preferred varieties for production.
