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…

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…

30th September 2023 In Autumn 2023, the EU funded LEG4DEV project was invited by the Zambian Ministry of Agriculture to provide training supports to a National Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop for a total of 60 (50 male and 10 female) Zambia provincial agricultural officers for scaling Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA). Dr. John Recha (ILRI)…

31st March 2023  The scaling of legumes for development outcomes in Tanzania faces a range of challenges. A complex interplay of factors presents obstacles to the widespread adoption and expansion of legume production and consumption. Improved yields, sustainability, nutrition, health and livelihoods are key development outcomes that are anticipated (but remain elusive) from the scaling…

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…

9th December 2022 As Malawi faces food security and economic challenges, there is a need for accelerated transformation of agricultural and food systems to develop multiple development outcomes for the nation. Legume crops have major potential to improve livelihoods, productivity, diets, sustainability and foreign exchange earnings. Multiple stakeholders and scaling partners are engaged in efforts…

30 Sept 2022 Legumes are critical to agriculture, food security and economic development in Zambia. The EU-funded LEG4DEV project is conducting research & innovation activities with scaling partners in Zambia which can enable them to more effectively scale legumes for production, consumption and other development outcomes. Following an intensive schedule of bilateral meetings with stakeholders…