Mainstreaming Efficient Legume Seed Systems in Eastern Africa: Challenges, opportunities and contributions towards improved livelihoods

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dc.creatorOjiewo, Christopher Ochieng
dc.creatorRubyogo, Jean-Claude
dc.creatorWesonga, John
dc.creatorBishaw, Zewdie
dc.creatorAbang, Mathew M.
dc.creatorGelalcha, Solomon
dc.date2018
dc.date2018-11-27T15:42:08Z
dc.date2018-11-27T15:42:08Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:43:03Z
dc.descriptionLegumes are important components of sustainable farming systems. They are useful to diversify and intensify cropping systems as double, catch, relay and intercrops; fix ‘free’ nitrogen to soils from the atmosphere and improve soil health that boost cereal crop yields; act as rotation crops for breaking disease and pest cycles; increase and diversify smallholder incomes (and hence buffer them from the effects of price, pest and climate-related production fluctuations); enhance quality of household diets because of their higher protein and micro-nutrient content compared with starch-based staple cereal crops; and provide good sources of animal feed (high protein crop residues and byproducts) and low carbon footprint, mitigating climate change...
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/98358
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/86320
dc.languageen
dc.publisherFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceOjiewo, C.O., Rubyogo, J.C., Wesonga, J.M., Bishaw, Z., Gelalcha, S.W., Abang, M.M. 2018. Mainstreaming Efficient Legume Seed Systems in Eastern Africa: Challenges, opportunities and contributions towards improved livelihoods. Rome, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 72 pp.
dc.subjectgrain legumes
dc.subjectvalue chain
dc.subjectlegumes
dc.subjectseed systems
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectlivelihoods
dc.titleMainstreaming Efficient Legume Seed Systems in Eastern Africa: Challenges, opportunities and contributions towards improved livelihoods
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