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Leveraging legumes to combat poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation
Grain Legumes Highlights, 2012-2016
Shoba SivasankarDirectorCRP Grain [email protected]
4 Oct 2016http://grainlegumes.cgiar.org
Review Meeting Grain Legumes 2012-2016
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PROGRAM BACKGROUND
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WHY LEGUMES?
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10-Yr Original Proposal
Launch CRPDir
IDOs Ph I EndExt Start
Ph IIPrepnStart
Ph IIProposalSubmit
GenderStrategy
CRP Timeline & 10-Year Target
In 10 years, increased production, sales and consumption of grain legumes will reduce, poverty, hunger and malnutrition of smallholder farmers, and improve sustainability of farming systems
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Crop Species
After: Lavin et al. (2005) Syst Biol 54:575Choi et al. (2004) PNAS 101:15289Stefanović et al. (2009) Syst Biol 34:115
Faba bean
Lentil
Chickpea
Common bean
Cowpea
Soybean
Pigeonpea
Groundnut
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Focus Countries
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Phase I Program Structure
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PL1 – Drought and low-phosphorus tolerant common bean, cowpea and soybean
PL2 – Heat-tolerant chickpea, common bean, faba bean and lentil
PL3 – Short-duration, drought tolerant and aflatoxin-free groundnut
PL4 – High nitrogen-fixing chickpea, common bean, faba bean and soybean
PL5 – Insect-smart chickpea, cowpea and pigeonpea production systems
PL6 – Extra-early chickpea and lentil varieties PL7 – Herbicide-tolerant, machine-harvestable chickpea, faba
bean and lentil varieties
PL8 – Pigeonpea hybrids and management practices
Product Lines
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Phase II Structure
FP 1: MANAGING PRODUCTIVITY
FP 2: TRAIT DETERMINATION
FP 3: TRAIT DEPLOYMENT
FP 4.1: SEED SYSTEMS
FP 4.2: POST-HARVEST PROCESSING
FP 6: KNOWLEDGE, IMPACTS, PRIORITIES & GENDER ORGANISATION
FP 5: CAPACITY BUILDING & PARTNERSHIPS
FP 7: TOOLS & PLATFORMS FOR GENOTYPING & BIOINFORMATICS
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4-Year Achievements
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Lessons Learned Definition of product concept in CRP GL extremely beneficial to focus
R4D
Several scientific concepts remain yet to be addressed for product targets
Strength of partnerships from pre-reform period + new partnerships
Co-ordination across Centers an evolving process
Tracking difficulty due to the structural complexity due to crops across multiple Centers
MEL platform will help relieve this
Need to link CRP R4D more solidly with other disperse, but important efforts
Phenotyping: Breadth of the concept, throughput
Capacity development needs vs budget
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
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PL1. Drought and low-phosphorus tolerant common bean, cowpea and soybean
Policy change in ES Africa: Acceptance of
Quality Declared Seed
• QDS produced by trained farmers
• Local production reduces transport costs
• Option of availing locally preferred varieties
• Promotion of local entrepreneurship
Seed produced (MT):96,000 of bean,
16,549 of cowpeas and soybean
Facilitating legume seed and technology delivery systems
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PL2. Heat-tolerant chickpea, common bean, faba bean and lentil
Development of heat-tolerant elite bean lines
Wide crosses between common and tepary beans produced bean lines with strong tolerance to 4oC higher temperatures than normally tolerated by the crop
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PL3. Short-duration, drought-tolerant and aflatoxin-free groundnut
18-26% increased yield in confined field testing
under water stress
Transgenic drought tolerance with DREB1A
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PL5. Insect-smart chickpea, cowpea and pigeonpeaproduction systems
8 pigeonpea events overexpressing Cry1Ac identified
Hybrid parents of pigeonpea (B-lines) and chickpea with Bt stacks in development
Biopesticide (mixture of emulsifiable neem oil and MaviMNPV) effective against cowpea podborer in preliminary lab and field tests
Discovery of Cyclo (Trp-Phe) that kills/controls Helicoverpa armigera
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PL6. Extra-early chickpea and lentil varieties
Lentil in rice system in Bangladesh
Extra-early chickpea in Myanmar
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PL7. Herbicide-tolerant, machine-harvestable chickpea, faba bean and lentil varieties
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PL8. Pigeonpea hybrid and management practices
Hybrids released: ICPH 2671, ICPH 3762, ICPH 2740, ICPH 4503, BIO1001
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LeasyScan Phenotyping Platform
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Book: Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Grain Legumes
Joint effort involving all 4 participating Centers: 6 Editors (from ICRISAT, CIAT, ICARDA and IITA)
36 Chapters in two volumeso Volume 1 focused on Advances in Breeding and
Cultivationo Volume 2 focused on specific legumes
To be published in 2017
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10-Year Pulse Research Strategy (mid-Nov 2016)
1. Breeding and genetics for improved productivity and resilience. – Dr Noel Ellis
2. Pulses in integrated crop systems and agricultural landscapes. – Dr Robin Buruchara
3. Integration of pulses into food systems – Dr Carol Henry
4. Integration across agricultural, nutritional and social sciences – Dr. Diego Rubiales
5. Spatially-explicit analyses related to global challenges – Dr JS Sandhu
Organizing Author: Shoba SivasankarProject Coordinator: Dr Christine Negra
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MONITORING & EVALUATION PLATFORM
Leveraging legumes to combat poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation
http://grainlegumes.cgiar.org
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