legumes

ILRI News on legumes

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 MacMillanTeam leader, Communications, awareness and advocacy

ILRI clippings

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...

Paul KaraimuCommunications Officer

Africa RISING feed

11 Jun 2018

The value of systems research—reflections from Africa RISING partners

Africa RISING – a research-in-development program –followed a ‘farming systems research’ approach in line with its objective of ‘creating opportunities for smallholder farm households to move out of hunger and poverty through sustainably intensified farming systems that improve food, nutrition, and...

Simret Yasabu

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Publications on legumes

Poster

Published2020

Genetic interaction studies reveal superior performance of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 on a range of diverse East African common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes

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legumes

ILRI News on legumes

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

The value of systems research—reflections from Africa RISING partners

Publications on legumes

Multispecies pastures for increased productivity and provision of ecosystem services

Promoting indigenous forage legume species to alleviate feeding gaps and enhance livestock productivity

Legume Select–Ethiopia: Review of implemented activities

Developing improved methods for cost effective viability monitoring of Aeschynomene abyssinica and A. americana

Assessing across-scale optical diversity and productivity relationships in grasslands of the Italian Alps

Genetic interaction studies reveal superior performance of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 on a range of diverse East African common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes