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

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2018

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LEIBNIZ University

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Ojiewo, C. O., Rubyogo, J.-C., Wesonga, J., Bishaw, Z., Abang, M. M., & Gelalcha, S. (2018). Mainstreaming Efficient Legume Seed Systems in Eastern Africa: Challenges, opportunities and contributions towards improved livelihoods. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. https://repository.nrf.go.ke/handle/123456789/903

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Legumes 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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grain legumes, value chain, legumes, seed systems, Agriculture, Livelihoods

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https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/853469e5-b10e-4a64-92de-b1db73e6080e/
 https://repository.nrf.go.ke/handle/123456789/903

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Horticulture

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