Leg4Dev @Leg4Dev
EU-funded Program on Legume-based Agroecological Intensification of Maize and Cassava Cropping Systems in sub-Saharan Africa. https://t.co/KrpKT2GgtO leg4dev.org Global, Europe, Africa Joined September 2021-
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📱🌾 How can agricultural credit and digital finance empower smallholder farmers? New article from @MTSU highlights how digital finance and agricultural credit can help reshape rural economies when designed inclusively. Read the article in full: ijarpr.com/uploads/V2ISSU… #SDG2
LEG4DEV online training workshop: Agricultural Systems Modelling and Simulation (APSIM) Africa 🌍 📅 When • Day 1: 11 September | 08:30–16:00 (UTC+1) • Day 2: 19 September | 09:00–13:30 (UTC+1) 🔗 Register for the online webinar: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0f84dbe4…
"Despite the prevalence of market policies to protect smallholder farmers from exploitation, implementation is challenging, thus rendering market control on paper and market liberalisation in practice." Recent research from @Luanarofficial and NMBU: frontiersin.org/journals/susta…
A five-year mixed-methods study (2016–2020) examines reasons why agricultural value chains development programmes can sometimes fail to deliver on nutrition outcomes for smallholder women farmers 🌍 👩🌾 Read the paper in full: doi.org/10.1111/dech.1…
What agronomic biofortification options are available for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa? 🌱 A new systematic review (2010–2023) identifes a need for more research on agronomic biofortification of cereals & legumes in SSA. Read the open-access article: doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr…
Aflatoxin contamination threatens food safety, public health & trade 🌍 Research shows 73% of farmers, traders & consumers are willing to pay for safer foods, highlighting opportunities to support aflatoxin-safe supply chains in sub-Saharan Africa Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.afre…
How can we grow bigger, more resilient soybean seeds? 🌱 Research identifies GmSW17, a key gene that regulates seed and leaf size by controlling cell cycle activity, offering a promising target for high-yield soybean breeding. 📈 Read more: nature.com/articles/s4146…
New study from Zambia shows how farmer traits, farm characteristics, and access to information shape adoption of soil fertility management, offering evidence-based insights for policy and sustainable agriculture 🌱 Read the paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #SDG2 #SoilHealth
New study in Zambia from finds that cooperative membership, when combined with input subsidies, leads to increased dietary diversity by 11.26% and reduced food insecurity by 20.39% 🤝 🌱 Read the study in full: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 📸 AICCRA / Kelvin Trautman, CC BY 2.0.
The @uniofgalway @Leg4Dev team recently visited colleagues from @IITA_CGIAR and @icipe in Nairobi to explore research synergies on #CircularEconomy systems and crop #nematode management ♻️🪱 Read more in our latest blog post: leg4dev.org/2025/04/23/uni…
👩🌾 In Malawi, Mozambique & Tanzania, women lead cowpea farming, but their preferences are often excluded from breeding. A @FrontiersIn study highlights key traits women farmers value most: short cooking time, leaf yield & taste, grain size & colour Read: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
A recent review in Frontiers of Sustainable Food Systems outlines a comprehensive framework for water-smart crop farming, offering practical strategies and technologies tailored to West African contexts. 💧 Read the paper in full: frontiersin.org/journals/susta…
In April, LEG4DEV joined #CGIARScienceWeek in Nairobi to highlight the role of grain and agroforestry legumes in climate-smart food system transformation in East & Southern Africa 🫘 Explore our reflections from the event in our latest blog post: leg4dev.org/2025/04/21/leg…
A recent study in 'Science of The Total Environment' finds that public and private-public advisory systems matter more in reducing the intensive use of pesticides in Ghana, Mali, and Nigeria 🫘 Read the open-access paper here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Diversifying crop rotations to include cash crops (sweet potato) and legumes (peanut and soybean) under cereal monoculture (maize-wheat) could offset 5.6% of annual GHG emissions coming from China’s food system 🍠 🫘 Read the open-access paper in full: nature.com/articles/s4146…
2024 article in @NatureFoodJnl highlights that agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa needs to be diversified to include more micronutrient-rich crops to achieve nutrition security under increasing climate risks and population growth 🍎 🌽 Read: go.nature.com/4jSEo5Q
'Addressing agricultural labour issues is key to biodiversity-smart farming' New paper in Biological Conservation highlights the need for biodiversity-smart agricultural development in the Global South. Read more: bit.ly/3WudMhs
A new framework in CellPress links diet, trade, and human mobility via the global soybean network 🫘 Read the open-access paper 'Global soybean trade intensifies the impacts of dietary transition on human mobility': sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #SDG8 #HumanMobility #FoodSystems
'From waste to value: Integrating legume byproducts into sustainable industrialization' New research highlights how using legume byproducts in food forumations can reduce waste and support more circular food systems. Read the paper: doi.org/10.1111/1541-4…
Recent paper outlines past 25 years of advancements in legume genetic engineering, findings of which could help develop legume and non-legume plants with more stable symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Read in full: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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