@CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals @GLDC_CGIAR is transforming underperforming agri-food systems in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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High-yielding, resilient, heat- and drought-adapted crop varieties can help mitigate rising grain prices!
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Pearl millet cultivars with “snapping trait” helps reduce the labor burden on #women & children in eastern & southern #Africa as the stalk of the plant snaps when suddenly bent beyond a 45-degree angle, making harvesting less tiring & faster. bit.ly/3NzWiKx
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Samboni is a sorghum variety that is improving farming productivity & food production in #Mali. It has grain yield advantage up to 25% with bold grains that is well adapted to local food processing. bit.ly/3NDEcqT
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🍽️19 million people (50% ♀️) met dietary energy needs
🍽️38 million people (48% ♀️) met dietary protein needs
Estimates show how adoption of improved @GLDC_CGIAR crops has assisted beneficiary groups to meet their minimum dietary requirements. bit.ly/32wdj5q
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Common bean, lentil, pearl millet, & sorghum biofortification addresses malnutrition among beneficiaries in east & southern #Africa, & South #Asia. High-oleic groundnut has clear market pull anticipated by the food processing industry in India. bit.ly/369ofbk
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The sorghum cultivar Parbhani Shakti has higher yield and nutritional value: high protein content and low phytate. It exhibits agronomic desirability and better grain mold resistance. bit.ly/3qlaUmO
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Experts present case studies evidencing the effectiveness of interventions to promote the use of @GLDC_CGIAR crops by consumers & industry, drawing key lessons on what works in developing new scalable market opportunities for GLDC crops. bit.ly/3I7bmvi
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Community Seed Banks is a seed delivery model that enhances the access to improved varieties` seeds along w/ the traditional retail- banking principles of accessing a loan & repaying it with interest.
Strengthening farmer’-managed institutions: bit.ly/3IUS1i6
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Drought-tolerant biofortified sorghum variety Improved Deko has iron content three times higher than the currently grown sorghum varieties, with average yields of 2.4-2.8 t/ha,& is early maturing with 50% flowering in 67 days.
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Discover our contributions with our partners to deliver crop technologies, productivity, and economic gains from market linkages and value chain development to transform underperforming agri-food systems in @GLDC_CGIAR target ecologies.
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Agricultural policy must not only focus on potential interventions w/c are profitable but also consider farmer preferences, considering synergies & trade-offs between competing resources on-farm.
Experts offer insights from Tamil Nadu, #India. bit.ly/3htvBbJ
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Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) retweeted
🙌 New climate-smart sorghum and millet varieties improve nutrition and incomes of Malian farmers!
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Towards building an inclusive development environment for the #youth, opportunities should intentionally be planned with and extended to female and male youth groups from different social spectra.
@GLDC_CGIAR Youth Strategy: bit.ly/3HudYTL
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Discover more of the products, knowledge, & innovations that deliver the impact of our #R4D initiatives across grain legume & dryland cereal agri-food value chains that have made considerable contributions to targeted stakeholders. bit.ly/32wdj5q
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From evidences, experts generate insights on strategies towards more effective and resilient seed value chains for grain legumes and dryland cereals, encouraging a new paradigm in development interventions development and delivery. bit.ly/3LCc9Hs
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@GLDC_CGIAR`s impact co-delivered w/ our partners include reduced #poverty and improved household welfare and livelihoods for smallholder #farmers adopting improved grain legume & dryland cereal varieties, and accompanying #innovation packages. bit.ly/32wdj5q
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Evidence suggests that #aspiration failure in #agriculture drive parents to steer their youth from agri-careers. But a wide gap in achievement of aspirations see a majority of #youth end up working in their #family farms.
Implications: bit.ly/352wNzR #OneCGIAR @Nedu1978
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Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) retweeted
We love sustainable and profitable solutions in agriculture!
In this blog by @ICARDA, discover the benefits of intercropping quinoa with lentils in relay: on.cgiar.org/3gArPwK
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Rapid generation advance allows @ICRISAT, @ICARDA, & partner breeding institutions to deliver new improved varieties faster w/ higher resource use efficiency, & expedite the release of improved grain legume and dryland cereal varieties. bit.ly/3oybkWj
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Scaling-up participatory research of high-yielding pigeonpea hybrids enabled the potential for increased productivity of smallholder farmers by sharing science-based best practices and improved seeds in #India. bit.ly/3uAGi3T
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