DRAFT FY 2009 TECHNICAL PROGRESS REPORTS October 1, 2008-September 30, 2009 Dry Grain Pulses Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) i Dry Grain Pulses CRSP Progress Reports FY2009 DRAFT Dry Grain Pulses CRSP Progress Reports FY2009 DRAFT DRAFT FY 2009 TECHNICAL PROGRESS REPORTS October 1, 2008-September 30, 2009 Dry Grain Pulses Collaborative Research Program (CRSP) This publication was made possible For Further Information, Contact: through support provided by the Dry Grain Pulses CRSP Office of Economic Growth, 321 Agriculture Hall Agriculture and Trade, U.S. Agency Michigan State University for International Development, under East Lansing, MI 48824-1039, the terms of Cooperative Agreement U.S.A. No. EDH-A-00-07-00005-00. The Phone: (517) 355-4693 opinions expressed herein are those Fax: (517) 432-1073 of the Dry Grain Pulses CRSP and Email:
[email protected] do not necessarily reflect the views http://pulsecrsp.msu.edu of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Dry Grain Pulses CRSP Progress Reports FY2009 DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS Using Improved Pulse Crop Productivity to Reinvigorate Smallholder Mixed Farming Systems in Western Kenya………………………………………………..….1 Enhancing Nutritional Value and Marketability of Beans through Research and Strengthening Key Value Chain Stakeholders in Uganda and Rwanda………23 Combining Conventional, Molecular and Farmer Participatory Breeding Approaches to Improve Andean Beans for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses…………………………………………………………………………….……77 Expanding Pulse Supply and Demand in Africa