Final version of Tropical Legumes II Project Report for Phase 1 - icrisat
Final version of Tropical Legumes II Project Report for Phase 1 - icrisat
Final version of Tropical Legumes II Project Report for Phase 1 - icrisat
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Number <strong>of</strong> NARS scientists trained<br />
Three staff in Malawi and one staff in Nigeria (all men) were trained how to emasculate and pollinate<br />
soybean<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> extension staff trained<br />
From 2007 to 2010 a total <strong>of</strong> 167 extension staff (including development agents and NGO workers)<br />
across the project countries were trained on soybean production, PVS, marketing, processing and<br />
utilization. Of these, 32 were women (Table 11-28).<br />
Table 11-28: Extension staff training on soybean production, PVS, marketing, processing and utilization in five<br />
countries (2007/08 – 2009/10)<br />
Country 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 Total<br />
Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men<br />
Malawi 12 3 12 14 3 38<br />
Mozambique 17 44 12 23 29 67<br />
Nigeria 30 0 30<br />
Kenya 0 0<br />
Tanzania 0 0<br />
Total 17 56 3 12 12 67 32 135<br />
Grand total: 167<br />
Workshop on Rhizobium inoculum<br />
The Soybean Rhizobium Inoculum Workshop was held on 17-21 March 2008, at Impala Hotel, Arusha,<br />
Tanzania. The main output <strong>of</strong> the workshop was the production <strong>of</strong> a document entitled ‘Investment<br />
Options <strong>for</strong> Adoption <strong>of</strong> Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) in Soybean in Sub-Saharan Africa’. This<br />
document has been submitted to B&MGF. This document led to the development <strong>of</strong> a bigger project<br />
that included several legumes under the title “Putting Nitrogen Fixation to Work <strong>for</strong> Smallhoder Farmers<br />
in Africa (N2Africa)”, which has started to be implemented since 2009.<br />
Vision <strong>for</strong> <strong>Phase</strong> 2<br />
Our vision <strong>for</strong> the second phase in relation to objective 7 is to increase soybean production by 15%<br />
through increasing on-farm yields by 20% on 60% <strong>of</strong> the project target area. With respect to developing<br />
improved soybean lines, we aim to evaluate 15 new lines <strong>for</strong> their drought tolerance and biological<br />
nitrogen fixation, evaluate best Rhizobium strains in at least 20 best lines, evaluate at least 10 rust<br />
resistant lines multilocation and on-farm PVS; select new breeding lines <strong>for</strong> drought and rust tolerance<br />
from more than 30 segregating populations and establish homozygous lines <strong>for</strong> multilocation testing.<br />
We also have the vision to release at least two varieties and produce 10-30 kg breeder’s seed every<br />
year from each variety developed so far. In order to speed up our work, we will exchange soybean<br />
germpalsm and inoculants with N2Africa project. Because much <strong>of</strong> the soybean produced by farmers<br />
is <strong>for</strong> market, we will assess the protein and oil quality <strong>of</strong> existing and newly developed varieties and<br />
lines. In terms <strong>of</strong> capacity building, we envision to train at least 15,000 farmers in soybean processing<br />
and utilization, and establish at least four more soybean resource centers. We also aim to train five<br />
postgraduate students at MSc level in plant breeding and 1,000 farmers, extension staff and technicians<br />
in soybean production, PVS and soybean rust.<br />
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