Recipe for chickpea success in Tropical Legumes I (TLI) - Part 4 of 4: Farmer participation
Channel: GCProgramme
Date: 2012-06-22

For those with a sweet-tooth, GCP TV offers the final course of its 'recipe for chickpea success', as genomics guru Rajeev K Varshney and breeders Paul Kimurto and Asnake Fikre take us on a total taste tour, all the way 'from grain to gold'. 

They begin by describing their work with farmers, on open days or through farmer training centres and participatory variety trials with farmers, working together with breeders to produce farmer- and market-preferred varieties. The vital statistics of these varieties depend on diverse market factors, ranging from taste, to appearance, to the gender of the customer with 'his & hers' selections thrown in! 

Above all, from these accomplished chefs, we learn how chickpeas' chief characteristic is...being the current cash crop of choice.

Farmer participation in Ethiopia: http://blog.generationcp.org/2012/06/30/chickpeas-research-in-ethiopia-a-major-boost-for-food-security/
Farmer participation in Kenya: http://blog.generationcp.org/2012/06/30/chickpea-research-in-kenya-a-boon-for-the-fallow-period/
Facts and figures on chickpeas: https://www.integratedbreeding.net/chickpea-facts-figures 
Join the chickpea research community: https://www.integratedbreeding.net/community