Produced for the TL project intervention and advancement of common bean program of Ethiopia

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Tropical Legumes III - " Improving Livelihoods for Smallholder Farmers: Enhanced Grain Legume Productivity and Production in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia" project end of project presented poster

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27 February –4 March 2016
TL project intervention and advancement of common bean program of Ethiopia
Berhanu A. Fenta1, Tigist S.1, Abel M.1, Endeshaw H2., Chelot Y. Tizale2, Dagmawit T.1, Kassaye N.1, Kidane T., Rubyogo J. Claude3, Enid Katungi4, Clare M. Mukankusi4
1 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Melkassa Research Centre, P.O.Box 436, Ethiopia, 2 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), 2003
3 International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), P.O. Box 2704, Arusha, 4International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), P.O.Box 6247, Kampala, Uganda
•Twenty common bean varieties have been
released and almost 50%of them were shelfed.
•Few varieties were dominating local and
international market
Table. On shelf bean varieties before 2007
Status of breeding
Genomic/other modern breeding tools were not available
Deployment of marker assisted selection non existent
No Digital data capture and handling
No modern breeding data management system
Status of seed system
Foundation seed production at 2007 was 60-100t/year
Certified/QDS quantities at 2007 was 500t/year
Promotional/awareness creation approaches were:
Pre-extension demonstration by research extensionist &
MoA
Demonstration and field days
MoA extension service
Minimal seed production and delivery to users
Variety turnover was almost
none and due to this fact seed
replacement rate was so sluggish
The ruling varieties in the seed
system were
Mexican 142: released 1970s
Red Woliyta : released 1970s
Link seed systems & grain market demand
•Promoting local, regional and international market
demanded on shelf varieties using different
promotion approach
Approach
•Small & medium seed pack
promotion
•Enhancing EGS multiplication
•Enhancing decentralized seed
system (QDS)
•Linking seed system with
cooperative unions
Eight Bean Multi-stakeholder platforms
Demo and field days
Variety replacement of commercial beans
Parameter
Effect
Remarks
Productivity/Yield (kg/Ha)
336
Harvesting more than non
-
adopters
Technical efficiency (%)
4.8
Adopters combine inputs more
efficiently
compared to non-
adopters
Food intake (Food
consumption score)
9.1
Adopters are eating more often
and better quality food
Probability of being poor
(%)
-4.0
Adopters are getting less poorer
Impact of TL varieties adoption
Production, productivity & area coverage increased
Enhanced export earning from bean export
•Breeding program assessment tool (BPAT) using
detailed description of the country’s Breeding
Processes and Enablers
•Product concept development
Release of 30 varieties focused on specific
target traits
•Drought resilient
varieties (extra early
varieties)
•Preference by regional
& international market
•Local market and
consumers preferred
varieties
•Multiple disease
resistance
Started to use MAS for example for bruchid
resistance population.
Enhanced breeder seed production & delivery
Increased amount of foundation & certified seed
SITUATION IN 2007