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LEG4DEV briefs Embassy of Ireland in Ethiopia
The University of Galway’s LEG4DEV team recently met with the Embassy of Ireland in Ethiopia.
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University of Galway LEG4DEV team visit IITA research groups on the ICIPE campus in Nairobi
The LEG4DEV team recently visited IITA colleagues on the ICIPE campus in Nairobi, where the team met with the IITA groups of Dr. Dries Roobroeck and Dr. Danny Coyne.
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LEG4DEV partners with Ethiopian universities on nine legume-scaling research projects
The LEG4DEV project welcomed nine postgraduate researchers from Ethiopian universities to ILRI-Ethiopia to engage in planning for their legume-scaling research and innovation projects
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LEG4DEV and comparative agroecology: A paradigm to upscale climate-smart food and water system transformations
LEG4DEV affiliate researcher Dr Peter McKeown attended the Comparative Agroecology Conference in Alnarp last week, which was sponsored by the OECD’s Co-operative Research Programme: Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems.
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LEG4DEV researchers at Tropentag 2024
LEG4DEV PhD researchers attended Tropentag 2024. Researchers Emmanuel and Yannic presented some of thier research findings at the poster session.
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LEG4DEV partners with Tanzanian universities on 13 legume-scaling research projects
The LEG4DEV project welcomed 13 postgraduate researchers from Tanzania universities to IITA-Tanzania to engage in planning for their legume-scaling research and innovation projects
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LEG4DEV partners with Zambian universities on eight legume-scaling research projects
The LEG4DEV project welcomed eight postgraduate researchers from Zambian universities to IITA-Zambia to engage in planning for their legume-scaling research and innovation projects.
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LEG4DEV partners with Malawian universities on nine legume-scaling research projects
The LEG4DEV project welcomed nine postgraduate researchers from LUANAR to IITA-Malawi to engage in planning for their legume-scaling research and innovation projects.
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Researcher meet-up & tour of LEG4DEV legume field trials underway in IITA 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 Chitedze, Malawi.
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LEG4DEV researcher meeting in IITA Zambia
LEG4DEV held a mini-progress meeting in IITA Zambia with Dr. Barron where LEG4DEV funded researchers from Uni of Galway and SLU (based out of IITA) gave updates on their ongoing research to enable scaling of legumes for development outcomes.
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Bi-Annual LEG4DEV Research Progress meetings bring together LEG4DEV research teams across all project Activity Areas
In December 2023, the LEG4DEV research project, funded through the EU Commission’s DeSIRA Initiative, concluded their second Research Progress Meeting for 2023, reviewing the ongoing progress by the LEG4DEV researchers across the project’s Activity Areas.
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LEG4DEV Mission to the Songwe Region of Southwestern Tanzania
A joint team of PPS-WUR, CIMMYT and TARI-Uyole researchers*, trained extension workers and lead-farmers in the use of the Farmer-MBA (Management-Based-Advisory) mobile phone application, in Songwe region of Tanzania. Farmer-MBA provides field-specific agronomic advice for maize and leguminous crops like common beans, groundnuts and soya.
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EU-Funded LEG4DEV Visits Uganda and The Netherlands
In June 2022, Prof. Charles Spillane and Dr Kieran Fitzpatrick travelled for LEGDEV related activities. Prof. Spillane engaged in an AgriFood Entrepreneurship Workshop in Uganda, while Dr Fitzpatrick visiting project partners in Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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