"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of agronomy"
Improving greengram production for nutritional diversification, income and food security in Uganda
Abstract:
This project seeks options for improving greengram production
and guidelines for promoting it as a crop for diversification of
income and food security in Uganda. The project will analyze
the greengram value chain system; identify the key constraints
in production, consumption and marketing as perceived by
farmers and other stakeholders; and map a direction for onfarm
and on-station greengram research in Uganda. Greengram
germplasm (wild, intermediate and cultivated) will be assembled
and characterised to quantify genetic diversity and identify
agronomically better greengram types. Two MSc students will
be trained on the project at the Faculty of Agriculture Makerere
University.
Ce projet cherche des options pour améliorer la production du
pois chiche vert et les directives pour le favoriser comme récolte
pour la diversification du revenu et de la sécurité alimentaire
en Ouganda. Le projet analysera le système de chaine de valeur
du pois chiche vert, identifiera les contraintes principales dans
la production, la consommation et la commercialisation comme
perçu par les agriculteurs et d’autres personnes intéressées et
tracera une voie pour la recherche dans le champ et sur station
du pois chiche en Ouganda. Le matériel génétique du pois
chiche (sauvage, intermédiaire et cultivé) sera assemblé et
caractérisé pour mesurer la diversité génétique et pour identifier
agronomiquement de meilleurs types du pois chiche. Deux
étudiants de MSC seront formés au cours de ce projet à la
faculté d’agronomie de l’université Makerere.
Language:
English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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Extent:
189-192
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