Project Details

Improving groundnut seed production systems to improve livelihood and nutrition outcomes of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe

Duration: 19/Oct/2016 - 31/May/2017

Locations: Eastern and Southern Africa / Zimbabwe

Project contact: Dr Kizito Mazvimavi (K.Mazvimavi@cgiar.org)

Donor: Other international or regional organization,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)-Italy

CGIAR Research Program: Grain Legumes

The starting point needs to strengthen with the technology supply side of the value chain. Adoption of improved groundnut varieties, and allied management technologies leads to productivity gains, thereby increasing supply of grain to the market. Diverse groundnut varieties are needed for different agro-ecological and market needs. In Malawi, ICRISAT has released 7 improved groundnut varieties that have addressed different needs of the actors in the value chain. In order for Zimbabwean farmers to tap into the growing regional and local markets for groundnut, there is need to use modern varieties and improve production technologies.

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Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi-arid tropics have over 2 billion people, and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these poor people to overcome poverty, hunger, malnutrition and a degraded environment through better and more resilient agriculture.

ICRISAT is headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, with offices in Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Kenya, Malawi, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. ICRISAT is a member of the CGIAR System Organization , a global research partnership for a food secure future.

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