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Advances in chickpea crop improvement for improved productivity and resilient cropping systems in Ethiopia

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Title Advances in chickpea crop improvement for improved productivity and resilient cropping systems in Ethiopia
 
Creator Chichaybelu, M
Eshete, M
Korbu, L
Mohammed, R
Girma, N
Bekele, D
Geleta, T
Fikre, A
Ganga Rao, N V P R
Ojiewo, C O
Monyo, E
Gaur, P M
Varshney, R K
 
Subject Crop Improvement
Cropping and Farming Systems
Chickpea
Ethiopia
 
Description Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important food legume in
Ethiopia. Its production is challenged by low productivity of landraces,
poor farming practices, and biotic and abiotic stresses,
among others. To address these challenges, EIAR has partnered
with CGIAR centers and developed improved chickpea varieties,
along with integrated crop management technologies that have
increased productivity. Central to these efforts is the Tropical
Legumes Projects (TL) funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation. Since the inception of the Tropical Legume project
in 2007, six ‘kabuli’ and five ‘desi’ chickpea varieties have been
released. TL project also supported efforts to avail high-quality
seed of improved varieties to many small holder farmers through
participatory variety selection and demonstration activities.
Eighteen farmers’ seed producer associations have been established
to fill up supply gaps for high quality seed. Seed production
of improved chickpea varieties from 2008 to 2015 amounts
to 50t breeder, 788t basic and 14,495.47t certified/Quality Declared
Seed. The national average production and productivity of
chickpea has increased by 60% and 51%, respectively, over the
same period coupled with 16% growth in export volume. Chickpea
improvement program is currently focusing on disease resistance,
drought and heat tolerance, mechanical harvesting and
herbicide tolerance to cope up with the changing climate and the
need of specific production corridors.
 
Date 2017-02
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10732/1/341.pdf
Chichaybelu, M and Eshete, M and Korbu, L and Mohammed, R and Girma, N and Bekele, D and Geleta, T and Fikre, A and Ganga Rao, N V P R and Ojiewo, C O and Monyo, E and Gaur, P M and Varshney, R K (2017) Advances in chickpea crop improvement for improved productivity and resilient cropping systems in Ethiopia. In: InterDrought-V, February 21-25, 2017, Hyderabad, India.