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General information

Innovation ID414
Version ID324
Innovation TitleGroundnut variety: Mwenje
Innovation description it is a groundnut variety that was developed and released in Mali in 2018. it is early maturing, tolerant to drought and has an average yield of 2.2t/ha
Reporting Staff Chris Ojiewo (ICRISAT), Chris Ojiewo (EIAR)
Year (Reporting)2018
Reporting statusApproved
Innovation TypeGenetic (variety and breeds)
Number of varieties1

Stage reached

Stage of InnovationStage 3: available/ ready for uptake
Year (Stage)2018
Stage Descriptionthe variety has been released and available to the farmers
Has a lead organizationyes
Lead OrganizationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Top 5 contributorsInstitut d'Economie Rurale

Contributions and mapping

All partners
Main CRP
Flagship project
Cluster
Other CRPs-Flagships-Clusters CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals,FP4-Variety and Hybrid Development,FP4-4-Science of scaling seed technologies

Scope

Geographic scopeNational
Regions
CountriesMali

Targeted outcomes

Main Sub-IDO Reduced pre- and -post production losses, including those caused by climate change
Other Sub-IDO Enhanced genetic gain
Other Sub-IDO

Evidences

Evidences

Linked Elements

Milestones
Outcome Impact Case Efficient Legume Seed Systems for Better Smallholder Farmers’ Livelihoods in the Semi-Arid Tropics https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/baeb8c
Efficient legume seed systems benefitting more than 22 million smallholder farmers in about 4.4 million hectares in the 15 countries in the semi-arid tropics https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/c44580
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