Final version of Tropical Legumes II Project Report for Phase 1 - icrisat

Abbreviations and Acronyms.................................................................................................................... VII
Summary .................................................................................................................................................1
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................1
The Environment.................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Fast-Tracking and Variety Release...................................................................................................................................................... 4
Seed Production and Delivery Systems............................................................................................................................................... 7
Capacity building................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Awareness raising.............................................................................................................................................................................. 10
References .................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Enhancing Groundnut Productivity and Production in India......................................................................15
Breeding 15
Summary 15
Project background............................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Project sites .................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Achievements .................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Varietal screening to drought and foliar diseases............................................................................................................................... 24
Generation of new breeding lines ...................................................................................................................................................... 25
Capacity building................................................................................................................................................................................ 25
Publications 26
Seed Production and Delivery Systems............................................................................................................................................. 26
Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Project sites .................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Project accomplishments................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Enhancing Groundnut Productivity and Production in Eastern and Southern Africa.................................33
Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Background .................................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Socio-Economics/Targeting................................................................................................................................................................ 34
Groundnut production trends in the three target countries................................................................................................................. 34
Breeding .................................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Varietal traits preferred by farmers..................................................................................................................................................... 38
Fast-track release of ‘on-the-shelf’ varieties....................................................................................................................................... 42
New high yielding varieties developed............................................................................................................................................... 42
New crosses at ICRISAT-Malawi ...................................................................................................................................................... 43
Upgrade skills and capacity................................................................................................................................................................ 43
Lessons learned – groundnut improvement....................................................................................................................................... 44
Seed Production and Delivery Systems............................................................................................................................................. 44
Seed production and delivery strategies............................................................................................................................................ 44
Alternative seed production arrangements ........................................................................................................................................ 46
Diffusion, marketing and institutional arrangements for seed ............................................................................................................ 47
Local capacity to produce, deliver, store and market seed................................................................................................................ 48
Degree training of NARS.................................................................................................................................................................... 48
Local level awareness of released varieties ...................................................................................................................................... 48
Lessons learned – groundnut seed systems...................................................................................................................................... 49
Enhancing Groundnut Productivity and Production in Drought-Prone Areas of West and Central Africa .55
Socio-Economics/Targeting................................................................................................................................................................ 55
Outlook for groundnut trends and market prospects in Western
and Central Africa .............................................................................................................................................................................. 55
Baseline surveys in project countries................................................................................................................................................. 56
Early diffusion of groundnut varieties in the Dosso region, Niger....................................................................................................... 63
Variety Development.......................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
Targets .................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
Methodology .................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
Achievements .................................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Variety development........................................................................................................................................................................... 71
Upgrade skills and capacity of NARS................................................................................................................................................. 75
Establishing an efficient improvement program for NARS ................................................................................................................ 76
Farmer-friendly literature.................................................................................................................................................................... 76
Lessons learned/concerns................................................................................................................................................................. 76
Constraints .................................................................................................................................................................................... 77
Perspectives .................................................................................................................................................................................... 77
Progress of Phase 1
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