Community of Practice:
Enhancing the utilization of legumes in Southern Africa

This group of projects focuses on increasing the integration of edible legumes into the cropping systems of Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi.

CCRP projects

»Andes CoP

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 06-016: Quinoa 09-005: Organic groundnut 09-016: Andean grains 09-022: Andean pests 09-025: Climate risk management 09-029: Native potato seed systems 09-032: Water security 09-033: Agrobiodiversity and nutrition 09-168: Food security 09-169: Communal ag. risk mgt. 09-181: Biospecticide/potato moth ---------------------- PAST PROJECTS 01-1563: Andean tubers (Peru) 05-112: Biodiversity and soil 05-112: Cover agriculture 05-112: Green manures/legumes 05-112: Lupin/quinoa 05-112: Native potato 05-112: Potato moth 05-112: Seed systems 07-702: Nutrition support 07-1209: Soil nutrient budgets

»East/Horn of Africa CoP

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 06-447: Cereal roots 06-448: Tef/finger millet 08-019: Sweetpotato breeding

»Southern Africa CoP

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 05-780: P-efficient legumes 06-740: Legume best bets 06-741: Cowpea/Alectra 06-742: Groundnut breeding 06-743: Bean seed 06-744: Climbing beans 09-273: Bruchid mgt. for beans 09-274: Groundnut post-harvest 09-297: Botanical pesticides/legumes 09-298: Soil fertility mgt. 09-299: Bambara groundnuts

»West Africa CoP

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 05-009: Sweetpotato 06-012: Nutrition 06-013: Grain legumes 06-014: Sorghum/millet improv. 06-015: Seed systems ---------------------- PAST PROJECTS 06-011: Insect pest management

»Non-CoP projects

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 05-781: Rice biodiversity ---------------------- PAST PROJECTS 00-1071: Milpa 01-1564: Wheat scab 02-026: Wolbachia 02-027: Chickpea 02-246: Indigenous vegetables 02-460: Potato 02-476: Sweetpotato diversity 02-644: Finger millet 02-778: Legumes

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Southern Africa CoP Projects

In 2006, one existing project, 05-780: P-efficient legumes (China/Mozambique) joined five new projects in a newly established CoP, "Enhancing the utilization of legumes in Southern Africa." In 2009, another call for proposals for this region was issued, and five new projects were approved for funding. The Southern Africa CoP currently funds 10 projects in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. For each of the projects below, click on the project name to learn more.

Currently funded projects

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»05-780: P-efficient legumes

• Project title: Legume best bets to acquire Phosphorus and Nitrogen and improve family nutrition
• Project leader: Hong (Linna) Liao, South China Agricultural University (SCAU)
• Funding dates: 12/1/2005-11/30/2009

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»06-740: Legume best bets

• Project title: Legume best bets to acquire Phosphorus and Nitrogen and improve family nutrition
• Project leader: George Kanyama-Phiri, Bunda College, University of Malawi
• Funding dates: 9/1/2006-8/31/2010

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»06-741: Cowpea/Alectra

• Project title: Development and promotion of Alectra-resistant cowpea cultivars for smallholder farmers in Tanzania and Malawi
• Project leader: Ambonesigwe Mbwaga, Ilonga Agricultural Research Institute
• Funding dates: 9/1/2006-8/31/2010

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»06-742: Groundnut breeding

• Project title: Developing short-and medium-duration groundnut varieties with improved yield performance, acceptable market traits and resistance to foliar diseases
• Project leader: Emmanuel Monyo, International Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
• Funding dates: 9/1/2006-8/31/2010

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»06-743: Bean seed

• Project title: Getting back to basics: creating impact-oriented bean seed delivery systems for the poor (and others) in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania
• Project leader: Rowland Chirwa, Southern Africa Bean Research Network (SABRN)
• Funding dates: 1/1/2007-12/31/2010

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»06-744: Climbing beans

• Project title: Improving smallholder food security, nutrition and income through increased production and marketing of climbing beans
• Project leader: Wilkson Makumba, Department of Agricultural Research and Technical Services (DARTS)
• Funding dates: 1/1/2007-12/31/2010

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»09-273: Bruchid management for beans

• Project title: Introgression of bruchid resistance into farmers preferred varieties for increased productivity and stability of bean supply
• Project leader: Kusolwa Paul Mbogo, Sokoine University of Agriculture
• Funding dates: 9/1/2009-8/31/2013

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»09-274: Groundnut post-harvest

• Project title: Enhancing child nutrition and livelihoods of rural households in Malawi and Tanzania through post-harvest value-chain technology improvements in groundnuts
• Project leader: Y.C. Muzanila, Sokoine University of Agriculture; Bert Rivers, Compatible Technology, Inc.; Moses Siambi, International Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
• Funding dates: 9/1/2009-8/31/2013

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»09-297: Botanical pesticides/legumes

• Project title: Optimized pest management with botanical pesticides on legume cropping systems in Malawi and Tanzania
• Project leader: Stephen Pearson Nyirenda, Ministry of Agriculture, Malawi; Rowland Chirwa, Southern Africa Bean Research Network (SABRN); Philip Stevenson, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Steven Belmain, University of Greenwich
• Funding dates: 9/1/2009-8/31/2013

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»09-298: Soil fertility management

• Project title: Scaling up integrated soil fertility management: economics, policy, and extension strategies to improve human nutrition and soils in Malawi
• Project leader: Daimon Kambewa, Bunda College of Agriculture, University of Malawi
• Funding dates: 9/1/2009-8/31/2013

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»09-299: Bambara groundnuts

• Project title: Development and promotion of bambara groundnuts for improved human nutrition in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania
• Project leader: Agnes Mwangwela, University of Malawi; Ben Bennett, University of Greenwich
• Funding dates: 9/1/2009-8/31/2013

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