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the major soybean producing localities: Ruace, Murrimo, Magige, Lioma and Tetete in Gurue district
in Zambesia province. The recipes being promoted include: a) Soy milk, b) Soy fortified thin and thick
porridge, c) Tomato Soybean relish, d) Soy-vegetable soup, e) Rice-soy mix, f) Soybean nuts, g) Soywheat
flour bread, and h) Soy-wheat flour cake.
Capacity building
Degree training
The list of postgraduate students under soybean is presented in Table 11-26. The graduate student, Mr.
Justine A. Mushi who has been studying at the Sokoine University of Agriculture for his MSc degree
in agricultural engineering with emphasis on soybean processing has successfully finished his course
work. He is expected to submit his thesis work in December 2011. The main objective of his study is
to investigate how the de-hulling efficiency of abrasive mechanical de-hullers and how the quality of
dehulled soybean products could be improved. Mr. Shaahu Aoondover, who has been doing his MSc
training on soybean breeding at University of Agriculture Makurdi, is writing his thesis to complete
his study. Anica Massas of Mozambique has completed her MSc study in soybean breeding at Bunda
College, University of Malawi. The study of Mr. David Nyongesa is still ongoing.
Table 11-26: Postgraduate students from project countries in different aspects of soybean under TL II project
Name Country Degree University Research Project Status
Mr. Justine Mushi Tanzania MSc Sokoine Univ. of Processing and Ongoing
Agric.
utilization
Mr. David Nyongesa Kenya PhD Univ. of Dar es Soybean value Ongoing
Salaam
chains
Ms. Anica Massas Mozambique MSc Univ. of Malawi, Soybean breeding Completed
Bunda College
Mr. Aoondever Shaahu Nigeria MSc Univ. of Makurdi Soybean breeding Ongoing
Progress in training farming communities
A number of training activities were carried out in the project countries with respect to soybean
production, participatory variety selection, processing and utilization and marketing. A number of
existing training materials have been modified and translated in to the local languages to improve usage.
From 2007 to 2010 a total of 14,223 farmers were trained across the project countries (Table 11-27).
The training included soybean crop handling and production, participatory variety selection, marketing,
processing and utilization. Large numbers of farmers were trained on processing and utilization. Female
trainees constitute the majority (62%).
Table 11-27: Training of farmers on soybean production, PVS, marketing, processing and utilization in five target
countries, 2007/08 – 2009/10
Country 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 Total
Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men
Malawi 51 62 822 668 838 393 1711 1123
Mozambique 137 328 1336 616 1298 812 2771 1756
Nigeria 633 2 845 431 581 22 2059 455
Kenya 53 146 432 600 732 300 1217 1046
Tanzania 32 68 399 315 639 632 1070 1015
Total 906 606 3834 2630 4088 2159 8828 5395
Grand total: 14,223
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