CCRP projects

»Andes CoP

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 09-022: Andean pests 09-025: Climate risk management 09-029: Native potato seed systems 09-033: Agrobiodiversity and nutrition 09-168: Food security 09-169: Communal ag. risk mgt. 09-1100: On-farm conservation 09-1203: Quinoa sustainability 09-1204: Quinoa II 10-867: Andean grains II 10-880: Organic groundnut II 10-881: Water security II 11-381: Sustainable agriculture 11-382: Community baskets II 11-405: Lupine pest management ---------------------- 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 06-016: Quinoa 07-702: Nutrition support 07-1209: Soil nutrient budgets 09-005: Organic groundnut 09-016: Andean grains 09-032: Water security 09-170: Self-sufficiency 09-181: Biopesticide/potato moth 09-955: Community baskets

»East & Horn of Africa CoP

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 08-019: Sweetpotato breeding 09-460: Chickpea/banana 09-480: Cowpea 09-500: Banana Xanthomonas wilt 09-517: Grain amaranth 09-595: Semi-arid AEI 10-333: Sorghum 10-401: Finger millet II 10-423: Tef II 10-473: Legumes 10-689: Napier stunt 10-690: Participatory video 11-283: Enset bacterial wilt 11-404: Biochar ---------------------- PAST PROJECTS 06-447: Cereal roots 06-448: Tef/finger millet

»Southern Africa CoP

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 09-262: Groundnut PHVC 09-273: Bruchid management 09-297: Botanical pesticides/legumes 09-1086: P-efficient legumes II 09-1206: Cowpea/Alectra II 09-1207: Groundnut breeding II 09-1231: Legume best bets II 10-531: Bean seed II 10-713: Climbing beans II 10-714: Bambara groundnuts II 10-889: PV groundnut ---------------------- PAST 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 09-298: Soil fertility mgt. 09-299: Bambara groundnuts

»West Africa CoP

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 09-036: GIMEM 09-451: P-efficient cowpea 09-465: Technology introduction 09-495: Orange-fleshed sweetpotato 10-134: Sorghum/millet II 10-135: Seed systems II 10-140: An Be Jigi II 10-231: Soil/water manag. 10-332: Fonio 11-599: Sorghum/millet proc.II 11-600: Bambara productivity II ---------------------- PAST PROJECTS 05-009: Sweetpotato 06-011: Insect pest management 06-012: Nutrition 06-013: Grain legumes 06-014: Sorghum/millet improv. 06-015: Seed systems 09-437: Bambara productivity 09-450: Sorghum/millet proc.

»Non-CoP projects

-select a project- ---------------------- 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 05-781: Rice biodiversity

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About the Southern Africa CoP

Regional Analysis
The Southern Africa Community of Practice (SAf CoP) focuses on integrating edible legumes into the cropping systems of Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi. Hunger and protein malnutrition are major problems in sub-Saharan Africa with the proportion of severely or moderately underweight children under five years old being estimated at 15 percent in Tanzania and Malawi, and 21 percent in Mozambique. Legumes (including beans, groundnuts, cowpea, pigeon peas and Bambara) are cheap sources of protein, improve soil fertility and are major cultivated crops in sub-Saharan Africa. Legumes also enhance productivity of cereals, being predominantly cultivated in mixed cropping systems, in rotation or in inter-crops. The main goal of the SAf CoP is to contribute to productive and sustainable cereal-based agricultural farming systems with increased production and utilization of legumes based on agro-ecological intensification (AEI) principles.

Key Agricultural Issues
The productivity and utilization of legumes in this region are still low with the key constrains being soil infertility, field and storage pest infestations, inefficient market value chains, limited access by farmers to improved seeds, and limi9ted diversity of safe (mycotoxin-free), protein-rich food. SAf CoP projects support the creation of resilient farming systems by focusing on :

• Legume breeding and selection
• Soil fertility management
• Enhancing seed delivery systems
• Enhancing value additional and market promotion
• Promotion of mycotoxin-free, protein-rich food for children under five years of age

Key Institutional Issues
To achieve its goal, the SAf CoP promotes research collaboration between disciplines, between countries in the region and with international partners. The program in the region also enhances physical capacity building, postgraduate training (9 PhD students and 15 Masters Students supported since 2006) and farmers’ group formation and training in relevant areas. Furthermore, the SAf CoP encourages partnerships with NGOs and private sector for rapid out-scaling of its findings to wider communities but also seeks research partnerships with other programs such as AGRA, TL2 and N2Africa that also work in Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique.

Regional Project Summary
There are a total of 13 projects in the Southern Africa region with most projects in either two or three countries:

• Groundnut post-harvest practices and use in complimentary foods
• Bruchid management for beans
• Botanical pesticides for pest control in legumes
• Breeding P-efficient beans
• Selecting and promoting cowpea with resistance to Alectra vogelii
• Groundnut breeding for foliar disease resistance and aflatoxin management.
• Legume best bets for healthy soils and nutrition
• Bean seed systems
• Climbing bean crop development
• Bambara groundnuts crop development and marketing
• Communications in the groundnut value chain
• Soil fertility management – economic analysis and promotion
• A study of agricultural policy in southern Africa

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