Book launch: Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms
A new book, highlighting successful practices and guiding principles based on 12 years of research and implementation across eight countries in Africa Read more...
Groundnut breeding program in Burkina Faso gets a boost with seven new improved groundnut varieties
More than 20 years after the last groundnut seed variety was registered in the seed catalog, the groundnut breeding program in West Read more...
Brisk promotion of improved groundnut and sorghum varieties to take adoption to the next level
Five improved varieties of groundnut and three of sorghum with the best market traits were selected for active promotion in Tanzania after Read more...
12 Years of Tropical Legumes: 25 Million smallholder farmers now grow improved varieties
Over a period of 12 years (2007-2019), the Tropical Legumes projects led to development of 266 improved legume varieties and production of Read more...
Taking legumes from Science of Discovery to Science of Delivery
The journey from Project Tropical Legumes to Project AVISA “It’s not the end, it’s a new beginning.” Developing genetic resources for legume Read more...
Helping groundnut retain its place in Nigeria through the Tropical Legumes Project
Alhaji Sani Usman remembers what being a groundnut farmer in Nigeria’s Kano state entailed a few decades ago – prosperity, respect and Read more...
Healthier and prosperous Africa: ‘AVISA’ project launched for faster agriculture gains in seven countries
Tanzanian Minister for Agriculture calls for more public-private collaboration Greater yields, higher incomes and improved livelihoods – these will be the results Read more...
Legumes beckon, children of soil return to roots in Africa
It was a gamble that 30-year-old Fuseini Zaanyeya realizes was worth taking. For, quality healthcare and primary education are well within reach Read more...
Empowered women and an enriched community – the groundnut story of northern Nigeria
Mrs Hadja Talatu Idrissa of Bunkure, near Kano, Nigeria, is the leader of a 25-women group in groundnut production and processing. They Read more...
Review of TL III and HOPE II projects highlights the role of synergy
Stakeholders of legume and cereal value chains in Nigeria identified recent successes and set goals for the next cropping season at the Read more...