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Targeting of Grain Legumes for Income and Nutritional Security in South Asia

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Title Targeting of Grain Legumes for Income and Nutritional Security in South Asia
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/11038/10197
 
Creator S. Nedumaran
Cynthia Bantilan
D Kumara Charyulu
D Moses Shyam
Cynthia Bantilan
P Parthasarathy Rao
Uttam Deb
GD Nageswara Rao
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Subject Legumes in South Asia
Income and Nutritional security
Lessons learnt
TL-II Project
Food legumes
trend analysis
plausible future outlook
partial equilibrium model
chickpeas, Bihar
 
Description The Tropical Legumes II (TL-II) project, funded by the BMGF, aims to improve the lives and
livelihoods of smallholder farmers in the drought-prone areas of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
and South Asia through improved productivity and production of six major tropical legumes
– chickpea, common bean, cowpea, groundnut, pigeonpea and soybean. It has been
implemented in ten target countries that included in WCA, ESA and SA regions in two
phases (Phase 1: 2007-08 to 2010-11; Phase-2: 2011-2014). But, the present paper discusses
about only three legumes (chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut) crops and the interventions
carried out in India only. Specifically, this initiative has been focusing on proper targeting for
development of improved cultivars of food legumes, promotion of their adoption, proactive
public sector policies and finally linking these small holders to markets and value chains. A
number of studies have been completed in six states (Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar,
Karnataka, Odisha and Tamil Nadu) in India and Barind region of Bangladesh during last
eight years (2007-2014) of project implementation. The main objective of this paper is to
summarize those key findings across crops and also to identify various potential opportunities
and challenges for promotion of legumes in the future. These studies have examined and
documented the existing situation in legumes cultivation, constraints faced by the farmers,
market linkages, potential opportunities for their expansion etc. In close association with crop
improvement scientists, Farmers’ Participatory Varietal Selection (FPVS) approach was
implemented for assessing farmers preferred traits in these crops. These preferred varieties
were identified, released formally, multiplied and supplied as seed samples to legume
growers in intervention sites. Subsequently, studies were also conducted on monitoring early
adoption of newly introduced improved cultivars and their performance in the targeted
locations. All those findings emanated from various studies along with lessons learnt during
the process are highly valuable to share among NARS partners, researchers, academicians
and donors.
Citation: S. Nedumaran; Cynthia Bantilan; D Kumara Charyulu; D Moses Shyam; Cynthia Bantilan; P Parthasarathy Rao; Uttam Deb; GD Nageswara Rao, "Targeting of Grain Legumes for Income and Nutritional Security in South Asia", http://hdl.handle.net/11038/10197 V5 [Version]
 
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