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

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Seed Production and Delivery Systems............................................................................................................................................. 77<br />

Constraints to groundnut seed supply and delivery systems identified.............................................................................................. 77<br />

Seed production <strong>of</strong> all classes............................................................................................................................................................ 78<br />

Strategies to enhance seed production and delivery schemes.......................................................................................................... 79<br />

Enhancing Cowpea Productivity and Production in Drought-Prone Areas <strong>of</strong> Sub-Saharan Africa............81<br />

Socio-Economics/Targeting................................................................................................................................................................ 81<br />

Summary 81<br />

Cowpea facts, trends and outlook ..................................................................................................................................................... 81<br />

Baseline studies................................................................................................................................................................................. 86<br />

Major results from baseline surveys: seed supply systems and demand constraints in target countries ......................................... 88<br />

Early adoption studies in Nigeria ....................................................................................................................................................... 90<br />

Human capacity building ................................................................................................................................................................... 90<br />

Challenges and vision........................................................................................................................................................................ 91<br />

Breeding .................................................................................................................................................................................... 91<br />

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 91<br />

Activities .................................................................................................................................................................................... 92<br />

Cowpea varieties released ................................................................................................................................................................ 94<br />

Seed multiplication............................................................................................................................................................................. 97<br />

Evaluation <strong>for</strong> phosphorus-use efficiency .......................................................................................................................................... 99<br />

Screening <strong>of</strong> germplasm lines <strong>for</strong> drought tolerance ....................................................................................................................... 100<br />

Making crosses and developing segregating populations ............................................................................................................... 100<br />

Screening <strong>for</strong> resistance to aphids .................................................................................................................................................. 101<br />

Validation <strong>of</strong> molecular markers ...................................................................................................................................................... 101<br />

Strengthening capacity <strong>of</strong> national agricultural research systems scientists ................................................................................... 104<br />

Workshops .................................................................................................................................................................................. 104<br />

Infrastructure development at NARS ............................................................................................................................................... 106<br />

Recommendations <strong>for</strong> adoption <strong>of</strong> improved technologies.............................................................................................................. 106<br />

Lessons learned .............................................................................................................................................................................. 107<br />

Seed Production and Delivery Systems .......................................................................................................................................... 107<br />

Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 107<br />

Improving cowpea seed systems..................................................................................................................................................... 108<br />

Progress in on-farm demonstrations ................................................................................................................................................110<br />

Progress in midseason evaluation and farmer field-days .................................................................................................................111<br />

Progress in seed dissemination .......................................................................................................................................................111<br />

Progress in market linkages .............................................................................................................................................................111<br />

Lessons learned ...............................................................................................................................................................................112<br />

Enhancing Common Bean Productivity and Production in Sub-Saharan Africa...................................... 113<br />

Summary ...................................................................................................................................................................................113<br />

Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................................113<br />

Socio-economic/Targeting.................................................................................................................................................................114<br />

Production and productivity trends....................................................................................................................................................114<br />

Common bean production constraints...............................................................................................................................................114<br />

Seed Production and Delivery Systems .......................................................................................................................................... 121<br />

Approaches tested........................................................................................................................................................................... 122<br />

Results .................................................................................................................................................................................. 122<br />

Select monitoring and evaluation issues.......................................................................................................................................... 125<br />

Summary, process gains and people reached................................................................................................................................. 126<br />

Lessons learned............................................................................................................................................................................... 127<br />

Fast-Tracking and Technology Generation....................................................................................................................................... 128<br />

Elite materials shared with the NARS programs.............................................................................................................................. 128<br />

PVS trials and lines in the pipeline .................................................................................................................................................. 129<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> segregating materials generated.................................................................................................................................... 137<br />

Technology generation..................................................................................................................................................................... 138<br />

Human capacity building ................................................................................................................................................................. 143<br />

Infrastructural capacity building ....................................................................................................................................................... 147<br />

Development <strong>of</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation tools: videos and training manuals...................................................................................................... 148<br />

Vision .................................................................................................................................................................................. 148<br />

Seed Production and Delivery Systems........................................................................................................................................... 149<br />

Annexes .................................................................................................................................................................................. 151<br />

Chickpea Improvement in India: Baseline, Breeding and Seed Systems...............................................155<br />

Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 155<br />

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................. 156<br />

Intended targets to be achieved and major activities....................................................................................................................... 157<br />

Locations and partners..................................................................................................................................................................... 158<br />

IV<br />

Engaging Smallholder Farmers | <strong>Tropical</strong> <strong>Legumes</strong> <strong>II</strong> <strong>Project</strong>

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