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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

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