Published on 2 July 2010
Research Areas
Crops, Ecosystem Management, Market Access, Policy & Institutions, Seed SystemsCountries
Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, TanzaniaTimeline
Start Date: 14 November 2007 | End Date: 31 December 2010Overview
The purpose of this project is to exploit underutilized opportunities for income growth and diversification of livelihoods for poverty reduction in semi-arid areas through integrated innovations in the legumes sub-sector in four countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Malawi). The project aims to achieve this through a strategy focusing on five pillars addressing supply and demand side constraints in the legumes sub-sector:
- Institutional innovations for improving markets and reducing transaction costs for small holder farmers
- Market-preferred low-risk varieties and complementary management practices
- Institutional innovations for improving access toand utilization of quality seeds of improved varieties and complementary inputs
- Decision support tools for better targeting of improved varieties and management practices
- Capacity strengthening for service providers and agro-enterprises to better utilize legume innovations
Research Partners
- NARI - National Agricultural Research Institute
- Centre for Agricultural Research and Development (CARD)
- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)
- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)
- Selian Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) - Tanzania
- NGO - international or developed-country based non-governmental institution
- Catholic Relief Services, Kenya
- Other
- Ethiopian Seed enterprise (ESE), Ethiopia
- Private sector
- Technoserve,Kenya
- RO - Regional Organization
- National small holder Farmer's Association of Malawi(NASFAM)
- University
- Bunda college of Agriculture,University of Malawi,Malawi
- University of Nairobi
