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Four Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers - icrisat

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TROPICAL LEGUMES II<br />

Tropical Legumes II Project<br />

The Tropical Legumes II (TL II) project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to improve<br />

the lives <strong>and</strong> livelihoods <strong>of</strong> smallholder farmers in the drought-prone areas <strong>of</strong> Sub-Saharan Africa <strong>and</strong><br />

South Asia through improved productivity <strong>and</strong> production <strong>of</strong> six major tropical legumes – chickpea,<br />

common bean, cowpea, groundnut, pigeonpea <strong>and</strong> soybean. TL II is jointly implemented by ICRISAT,<br />

CIAT <strong>and</strong> NARS. The project was implemented in 10 target countries that included Western <strong>and</strong> Central<br />

Africa, Eastern <strong>and</strong> Southern Africa <strong>and</strong> India, during Phase 1 (Sept 2007 – Aug 2011). Progress made<br />

during this period was reviewed in 2011 at regional meetings held in ICRISAT-Patancheru, India (May<br />

9-11 <strong>and</strong> Sept 5-6), Ibadan, Nigeria (16-18 May); <strong>and</strong> Lilongwe, Malawi (22-25 May). This report presents<br />

highlights <strong>of</strong> progress made in the project during its first phase.<br />

ISBN: 978-92-9066-546-5 Order Code: BOE 057

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