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ILRI News on legumes

Written by Michael Kinyua, Inot Songoyani and Prosper Massawe (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT) A farmer in Tanzania harvests maize. The beans which was intercropped with the maize will also be ready for harvest soon (photo credit: Georgina Smith/CIAT). Babati, a district in northern Tanzania, thrives on...

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ILRI News

13 Dec 2019

A tribute to Jean Ndikumana, a ‘gentle giant’ in African livestock research for development

Jean Ndikumana at a 2010 stakeholders meeting of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Zerihun Sewunet). The board, directors and staff of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) mourn the passing of a former colleague and...

Susan MacMillanILRI Emeritus Fellow

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12 Jul 2019

Inoculating legume plants with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria improves yields in Ethiopia and could save USD28 million annually in fertilizer costs

A legume farming demonstration plot by the N2Africa project in Pawe, Benshangul Gumuz, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). A five-year project that promoted nitrogen fixation through the use of rhizobia bacteria in grain legumes in Ethiopia has helped participating smallholder farmers...

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Publications on legumes

Presentation

Published2022

Legume SELECT-Ethiopia: Highlights of desk review on legumes intensification and stakeholders mapping exercises

Brief

Published2022

Legume SELECT: Science-driven Evaluation of Legume Choice for Transformed livelihoods: Characteristics of farming systems in Digga, Oromia, Ethiopia

Brief

Published2022

Legume SELECT: Science-driven Evaluation of Legume Choice for Transformed livelihoods―Wheat-based farming system in Ethiopia: Experiences and legume focused strategies in Sinana, Bale, Oromia, Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2021

Yields and the nutritive value of early harvested common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) crop residues for ruminants

Report

Published2021

LegumeSELECT: Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) report for characterization of smallholder farming in Sinana and Digga Woredas, Oromia, Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2021

Feed resource bases and farmers’ perceived uses of grain legume haulms in the mixed crop-livestock farming system of Ethiopia

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legumes

ILRI News on legumes

Public and Private Partnerships improve smallholder farmer fortunes in Babati, Tanzania

A tribute to Jean Ndikumana, a ‘gentle giant’ in African livestock research for development

Inoculating legume plants with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria improves yields in Ethiopia and could save USD28 million annually in fertilizer costs

Publications on legumes

Legume SELECT-Ethiopia: Highlights of desk review on legumes intensification and stakeholders mapping exercises

Legume SELECT: Science-driven Evaluation of Legume Choice for Transformed livelihoods: Characteristics of farming systems in Digga, Oromia, Ethiopia

Legume SELECT: Science-driven Evaluation of Legume Choice for Transformed livelihoods―Wheat-based farming system in Ethiopia: Experiences and legume focused strategies in Sinana, Bale, Oromia, Ethiopia

Yields and the nutritive value of early harvested common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) crop residues for ruminants

LegumeSELECT: Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) report for characterization of smallholder farming in Sinana and Digga Woredas, Oromia, Ethiopia

Feed resource bases and farmers’ perceived uses of grain legume haulms in the mixed crop-livestock farming system of Ethiopia