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Summary of N2Africa Results Framework. Bernard Vanlauwe IITA. N2Africa Ethiopia Launch Workshop 27-28 February 2014. Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa . Vision of success
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Summary of N2Africa Results Framework Bernard Vanlauwe IITA N2Africa Ethiopia Launch Workshop 27-28 February 2014 Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa
Vision of success N2Africa will build sustainable, long-term partnerships to enable African smallholder farmers to benefit from symbiotic N2-fixation by grain legumes through effective production technologies including inoculants and fertilizers. The legacy will be strong national expertise in grain legume production and N2-fixation research and development. The capacity built will sustain the pipeline and delivery of continuous improvement in legume production technologies tailored to local settings. Activities will focus on cowpea, groundnut and soybean in Ghana and Nigeria, on common bean, cowpea, groundnut and soybean in Tanzania and Uganda, and on common bean, soybean, chickpea and faba bean in Ethiopia. Within five years, building on local expertise, legume production will be enhanced in the in major legume growing areas in of each partner country, providing opportunities for the poor and addressing gender disparities. New value chains will be established and the food and nutritional security of the poor will be enhanced. In Phase II, N2Africa will reach more than 550,000 farmers with a return on investment of US$3.5 for each US$ invested.