Four Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers - icrisat
Four Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers - icrisat
Four Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers - icrisat
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Enhancing Pigeonpea Productivity <strong>and</strong> Production in Eastern <strong>and</strong> Southern Africa...............................205<br />
Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 205<br />
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................. 206<br />
Locations <strong>and</strong> partners..................................................................................................................................................................... 206<br />
Socio-Economics/Targeting.............................................................................................................................................................. 207<br />
Pigeonpea producing areas <strong>and</strong> production systems...................................................................................................................... 207<br />
Cropping patterns............................................................................................................................................................................. 207<br />
Productivity .................................................................................................................................................................................. 208<br />
Utilization .................................................................................................................................................................................. 208<br />
Marketing systems........................................................................................................................................................................... 208<br />
Threats <strong>and</strong> opportunities................................................................................................................................................................. 209<br />
Fast-Tracking, Development, <strong>and</strong> Release <strong>of</strong> Varietiess.................................................................................................................. 209<br />
Variety development......................................................................................................................................................................... 209<br />
Varietal release................................................................................................................................................................................. 210<br />
Identification <strong>of</strong> farmer- <strong>and</strong> market-preferred varieties................................................................................................................... 210<br />
Seed systems <strong>and</strong> enhancing adoption <strong>of</strong> improved varieties..........................................................................................................211<br />
Seed Production <strong>and</strong> Delivery Systems........................................................................................................................................... 213<br />
Capacity building.............................................................................................................................................................................. 213<br />
Lessons learned............................................................................................................................................................................... 215<br />
Vision for second phase................................................................................................................................................................... 215<br />
Enhancing Soybean Productivity <strong>and</strong> Production in Drought-Prone Areas <strong>of</strong> Sub-Saharan Africa ........217<br />
Socio-Economics/Targeting.............................................................................................................................................................. 217<br />
Gap <strong>and</strong> PVS analysis .................................................................................................................................................................... 217<br />
Outlook .................................................................................................................................................................................. 217<br />
Adoption studies............................................................................................................................................................................... 218<br />
Baseline studies .............................................................................................................................................................................. 218<br />
Baseline status <strong>of</strong> adoption <strong>of</strong> improved varieties............................................................................................................................ 222<br />
Human capacity building ................................................................................................................................................................. 225<br />
Major lessons learned...................................................................................................................................................................... 225<br />
Fast-Track Testing Elite Lines.......................................................................................................................................................... 225<br />
Varieties released............................................................................................................................................................................. 230<br />
Soybean Breeder’s Seed production................................................................................................................................................ 231<br />
Elite materials shared with NARS.................................................................................................................................................... 231<br />
Segregating materials generated..................................................................................................................................................... 236<br />
Progress in selection <strong>of</strong> Bradyrhizobium strains.............................................................................................................................. 238<br />
Progress in soybean recipe development........................................................................................................................................ 239<br />
Capacity building.............................................................................................................................................................................. 240<br />
Workshop on Rhizobium inoculum................................................................................................................................................... 241<br />
Vision for Phase 2............................................................................................................................................................................ 241<br />
Seed Production <strong>and</strong> Delivery Systems........................................................................................................................................... 242<br />
Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 242<br />
Increased seed production............................................................................................................................................................... 242<br />
Improved access to markets............................................................................................................................................................ 243<br />
Awareness creation <strong>of</strong> improved varieties ....................................................................................................................................... 243<br />
Increased capacity <strong>of</strong> partners......................................................................................................................................................... 243<br />
Project administration....................................................................................................................................................................... 243<br />
Major outputs <strong>and</strong> outcomes............................................................................................................................................................ 243<br />
Seed delivery mechanisms ............................................................................................................................................................. 245<br />
Progress in on-farm demonstrations................................................................................................................................................ 245<br />
Underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> developing market-value chain ........................................................................................................................ 245<br />
Progress in market linkage............................................................................................................................................................... 245<br />
Progress in training farming communities........................................................................................................................................ 245<br />
Lessons learned............................................................................................................................................................................... 246