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.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (580.92 KB)
The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: A counterfactual analysis
A paper evaluating the impacts of adoption of improved cowpea varieties on income and asset poverty reduction, using nationally representative survey data from a sample of over 1500 households in Nigeria and an endogenous switching regression model.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (732.50 KB)
Genomics, genetics and breeding of tropical legumes for better livelihoods of smallholder farmers
A review of a decade of significant research and development work on important grain legumes through collaborative bilateral and multilateral projects as well as the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes.
Project: TLII, TLIII
File type: PDF (1.28 MB)
Mainstreaming Efficient Legume Seed Systems in Eastern Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Contributions towards Improved Livelihoods
Technical paper proposing and describing 12 basic principles necessary to mainstream legume seed systems in crop development programs for sustainable agricultural intensification in Eastern Africa.
Project: TLII
File type: PDF (4.69 MB)
Welfare impacts of improved chickpea adoption: A pathway for rural development in Ethiopia?
An analysis of the impact of improved chickpea in Ethiopia using three rounds of panel data: estimating determinants of adoption; estimating impact on household income and poverty; and disaggregating results by landholding.
Project: TLII
File type: PDF (701.39 KB)
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.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (1.38 MB)
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.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (415.95 KB)
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.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (301.93 KB)
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 cowpea productivity and production in drought-prone areas of sub-Saharan Africa: Chapter 5 of 13)
Chapter 5 of a book published after seven years of TLII, representing an important record of the project’s work and achievements.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (289.51 KB)
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 common bean productivity and production in sub-Saharan Africa: Chapter 6 of 13)
Chapter 6 of a book published after seven years of TLII, representing an important record of the project’s work and achievements.
Project: TLIII
File type: PDF (551.38 KB)