Participatory market-led cowpea breeding in Sub- Saharan Africa: Evidence pathway from Malawi and Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorHella, J. P.
dc.contributor.authorChilongo, T
dc.contributor.authorMbwag, A. M
dc.contributor.authorBokosi, J
dc.contributor.authorKabambe, V
dc.contributor.authorRiches, C
dc.contributor.authorMassawe, C. L.
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-26T06:57:20Z
dc.date.available2021-07-26T06:57:20Z
dc.date.issued2013-09
dc.descriptionJournal articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2350-2274
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3765
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCowpeaen_US
dc.subjectConsumer preferenceen_US
dc.subjectMarket demanden_US
dc.subjectVariety releaseen_US
dc.titleParticipatory market-led cowpea breeding in Sub- Saharan Africa: Evidence pathway from Malawi and Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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