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Open AccessInheritance of resistance to Cercospora leaf spot disease of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp]
Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) caused by Pseudocercospora cruenta (Sacc.) is an important disease affecting cowpea production in Nigeria. Understanding the genetic nature of CLS is an important step in develo** an ...
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A Brief Overview of Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties
For decades, the vast majority of smallholder farmers in develo** countries, mainly sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and to some extent South Asia (SA), heavily rely on non-improved and auto-saved variety seed, acco...
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Empowered Communities Tell Their Own Stories from Common Bean Production in Uganda
Most smallholder farmers in Uganda often opt to farm the more popular crops which include coffee, plantain, cassava, sweet potatoes, and maize. Smallholder bean farming in Uganda is however overtaking the crop...
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Women at the Center of Cowpea Value Chain Development in Nigeria
M s. Hadja Salame Shaibu (Fig. 7.1) is a cowpea producer and processor in the Local Government Area of Dawakin Tofa. She grew up in a farming community where crop- livestock integration is a tradition. When sh...
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Concluding Remarks: The Tropical Legumes Projects Empowered Communities in a Wide Variety of Assets
After 12 years of activity, the Tropical Legumes (TL) projects come to an end the year 2019. In addition to quantitative impact assessment, this publication brings to light various stakeholders’ own words abou...
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Enthusiasm of Actors Within the Groundnut Value Chain Sharing Impact Stories in Uganda
The role of women in traditional African homes is often considered subordinate than that of men. Women in most cases are expected to look after the household and the children and ensure food security while men...
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Breakthroughs in Groundnut Production Communities in Nigeria
Mrs. Hadja Talatu Idrissa (Fig. 6.1), a community women leader, is the chairperson of the Bunkure women group that is active in groundnut production and oil processing. The group which counts 25 members joined...
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Better-off Women Boosting Groundnut Business in Ghana
Groundnut was one of the biggest breeding programs in Ghana in the mid-nineties, but the production declined because of many factors including the rosette disease and the fact that there was no dedicated breed...
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Common Bean Value Chain Actors Share Their Feeling About TL Projects in Tanzania
Apart from groundnut, Tropical Legumes I, II, and III also focused on common beans in Tanzania. In early April 2018, we visited Selian Agricultural Research Institute in Arusha, which is in the Northeast of Ta...
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Impact Stories and Testimonies from Diverse Actors in Groundnut Value Chain in Tanzania
Adamu, a groundnut farmer from Maugura village, Masasi, shared his success story for being involved in TL projects . “I was taught how to grow the seeds, carry out diagnosis, how to store them, among other things...
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General Context of Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties and Innovation Platform Perspectives
The high percentage of farmers (80–90%), including the pro-poor in remote areas, who have no access to recently released and high-yielding varieties proves the failure of various seed delivery models implement...
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Innovation Platform for Catalyzing Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties to Smallholder Farmers
Innovation platform resolves systemic problems and unlock opportunities for farmers and other stakeholders along commodity value chains. It brokers change in a wide variety of areas involving technological bar...
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Develo** Sustainable Cowpea Seed Systems for Smallholder Farmers through Innovation Platforms in Nigeria: Experience of TL III Project
Limited access to and low use of quality seed of improved varieties rank among the topmost causes of persistently low cowpea yields in Nigeria. This paper presents experiences under the Tropical Legume III (TL...
