Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash: A Renaissance within Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (A brief overview of smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties: Chapter 1 of 9)
Summary
This book shares impact stories and testimonies from various value chain actors who were part of the Tropical Legumes projects over the course of 12 years. It presents the experiences of a diversity of actors within the grain legume value chains, with a focus on groundnut and common beans in Tanzania and Uganda, groundnut and cowpea in Nigeria, and groundnut in Ghana. It provides learning opportunities for development workers, technical staff, and project managers. This is Chapter 1, “A brief overview of smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties”.
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Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash: A Renaissance within Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (Impact stories and testimonies from diverse actors in groundnut value chain in Tanzania: Chapter 2 of 9)
Chapter 2 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.
Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash: A Renaissance within Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (Common bean value chain actors share their feeling about TL projects in Tanzania: Chapter 3 of 9)
Chapter 3 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.
Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash: A Renaissance within Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (Enthusiasm of actors within the groundnut value chain sharing impact stories in Uganda: Chapter 4 of 9)
Chapter 4 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.
Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash: A Renaissance within Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (Empowered communities tell their own stories from common bean production in Uganda: Chapter 5 of 9)
Chapter 5 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.
Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash: A Renaissance within Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (Breakthroughs in groundnut production communities in Nigeria: Chapter 6 of 9)
Chapter 6 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.
Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash: A Renaissance within Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (Women at the center of cowpea value chain development in Nigeria: Chapter 7 of 9)
Chapter 7 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.
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.
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.
