Participatory market-led cowpea breeding in Sub- Saharan Africa: Evidence pathway from Malawi and Tanzania
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2013-09
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This paper present
presents a pathway followed by the Alectra research project
group in Tanzania and Malawi breeding cowpea for Alectra resistance and
for the market. The main objective of the project was to develop cowpea
varieties which are resistant to parasitic weed Alectra vogelii and promote
the same to small farmers in Malawi and Tanzania. The paper is based on-
on
station and on-farm trial data collected at Ilonga,
Ilonga Bihawana, and Ismani
research stations in Tanzania and at Bunda College in Malawi. On-farm data
were
ere collected from 2 Extension P
Planning Areas
reas in central Malawi and 6
villages in Singida, Dodoma and Iringa regions. . Lilongwe and Kasungu in
Malawi and Dodoma, Iringa and Singida were the main areas where we
collected consumers' preference data. The pathway shows
show that starting from
180 breeder lines, only 13 lines including B301, , IT99K-7-21-2-2-1
IT99K
IT99K-494-6
and IT99K
IT99K-753-1 and turned out to
o be very promising lines against A. vogelii
infestation
infestation. However after subjecting the same lines to various
consumer
consumer/market preference indicators such as seed color and size, many
lines were drop
dropped hence could not be officially released. This study
conclude that market based research has resulted in releasing highly
demanded varieties that will stimulate production and increase income of
small producers in the two countries
countries.
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Cowpea, Consumer preference, Market demand, Variety release