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LEG4DEV researchers at Tropentag 2024
Ciara Varley, Angharad Johnston, Tima Munthali, Oliver Remeredzai, Kareem Longwe, Adam Muhammad, Emmanuel Ngonga, Yannic Janal. September 10th to 12th 2024 LEG4DEV PhD researchers attended Tropentag 2024. Students Tima, Oliver, Kareem attended the days’ events, while Adam, Emmanuel and Yannic presented some of thier research findings at the poster session. Several LEG4DEV PhD researchers recently…
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Clean Energy and Sustainable Agriculture: Lessons from the 2024 Africa-EU Just Energy Transition Workshop
Shamilah Nassozi, Ciara Varley, Angharad Johnston, Charles Spillane. Tuesday, 9th – Wednesday, 10th September 2024 LEG4DEV share latest findings on rural energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa Access to clean, affordable energy is critical for sustainable development, yet millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa still lack this basic necessity. Despite the potential benefits of renewable energy…
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LEG4DEV researchers present at IITA Southern Africa Hub Retreat
Ciara Varley, Angharad Johnston Monday, August 19th – Saturday, August 24th, 2024 LEG4DEV PhD researchers attended the Southern Africa Hub Retreat facilitated by IITA. Researchers met with IITA staff and students from WACCI and PAULESI to share research findings, network and discuss next steps for IITA Southern Africa Regional Hub’s 10 -year strategic plan. The…
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Insights from the 9th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture: A Focus on Sustainable Tillage Systems in Malawi
Pacsu Simwaka, Ciara Varley, Angharad Johnston 22nd to 25th July 2024 LEG4DEV PhD researcher Pacsu Simwaka (SLU) recently attended the 9th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture. Pacsu presented his research findings on the potential of Permanent Raised Beds for conservation agriculture in legume farming in Malawi. The 9th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (CA), organized…
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“A Shared Response to A Shared Responsibility” – LEG4DEV Researchers Attend 2024 Mary Robinson Climate Conference
Yared Tessema, Ciara Varley, Angharad Johnston, Charles Spillane 5th – 7th June 2024 LEG4DEV researcher Yared Tessema attended the second annual Mary Robinson Climate Conference between the 5th and 7th of June 2024 at the Mary Robinson Centre in Ballina, Co Mayo, Ireland. The second annual conference entitled “A Shared Response to A Shared Responsibility”…
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What’s new on Soil Health and Gender at the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit 2024?
Timalizge Munthali, Ciara Varley, Una Murray, Charles Spillane, Angharad Johnston. May 8th 2024 LEG4DEV PhD researcher Timalizge Munthali attended the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit’s session on Soil Health and Gender. Discussions at the event focused on the importance of womens’ land ownership and the key roles women farmers can play in informing and implementing policy. Although women smallholders play key…
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Participating in the 5th Global Food Security Conference: Poster presentation on legumes identification with remote sensing technologies
Thomas Delaune, Ciara Varley, Angharad Johnston. April 9th – 12th 2024 LEG4DEV researcher Thomas Delaune from the Plant Production Systems group at Wageningen University attended the 5th Global Food Security Conference in Leuven, Belgium, from April 9-12, 2024. The conference focused on addressing the challenges of creating equitable, sustainable, and resilient food systems in response…
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LEG4DEV conducts evidence-synthesis review of barriers, opportunities, and scaling options for high-quality legume seeds in sub-Saharan Africa
Isabel McLaughlin, Ciara Varley, Angharad Johnston, Charles Spillane. 26th March 2024 Realising development impacts from scaling of legumes requires that smallholder farmers have affordable and reliable access to high-quality seeds of the legume crops they seek to grow, market and/or consume. Despite their many positive attributes for sustainability and nutrition, scaling of legumes is constrained…
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Researcher meet-up & tour of LEG4DEV legume field trials underway in IITA Malawi
Ciara Varley, Angharad Johnston, Charles Spillane. 20th March 2024 – IITA Chitedze, Lilongwe, Malawi Dr. Marcos Lana, Affiliate Investigator on the LEG4DEV project from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), visited members of the LEG4DEV project team researchers who are conducting research out of the International Instituet for Tropical Agrocuilture (IITA) country station in…
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Crop modelling for climate-resilient scaling of legumes for development outcomes: LEG4DEV engagement in workshop in Ghana
February 23rd 2024 The CGIAR’s Excellence in Agronomy (EIA) Initiative, with other partners, organized a crop modelling training workshop in Accra, Ghana, from February 19th to 23rd, 2024. Thirty-five participants from various countries and backgrounds attended, including Pacsu Simwaka, a LEG4DEV PhD student working on crop modelling for legume scaling. The crop modelling workshop had…
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President of Ireland endorses the LEG4DEV project and calls for increased investment in scaling of pulses for sustainable development
Ciara Varley, Charles Spillane. 10th February 2024 On World Pulses Day 2024, the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, issued a statement highlighting the importance of pulses (legumes) for food security and sustainable development. The following is the text of President Higgins’ statement. “World Pulses Day for all of those working to achieve food security…
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Climate-Resilient Legume Intercropping Solutions: Insights from the Bio-Geosphere Africa (BioGARD) Conference 2023
14th – 15th September 2023 LEG4DEV researcher Adam Muhammad from the University of Hohenheim, Germany, attended the Bio-Geosphere Africa (BioGARD) Conference 2023 in Stuttgart-Hohenheim (Germany) between 14-15 September 2023. Adam presented his LEG4DEV research findings entitled “Meta-analysis: Integration of common bean in maize cropping system enhances resilience to rainfall variability in Africa” at the Conference.…
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EU-funded LEG4DEV project hosts multi-stakeholder research prioritisation workshop on scaling legumes for development outcomes in Ethiopia
10th February 2023 Legumes are critically important for food and livelihood security across Ethiopia. However, many legume species are not grown nor consumed on the scale necessary across the nation to deliver key development outcomes spanning sustainability, livelihoods, nutrition and health. To focus and synergise “research for legume scaling” efforts, on 10th February 2023 the…
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