LegumeCHOICE tool test

Kenya Team: Ingrid/Maurice/Thomas/Eric/I

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Food

Feed

Soil Fertility

Income

Erosion control

Fuel

0.0

1.0

2.0

Demand for legume functions

3

Food

Feed

Soil Fertility

Income

Erosion control

Fuel

0.0

1.0

2.0

Priorities for functions based on gender

Male

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Food

Feed

Soil Fertility

Income

Erosion control

Fuel

0.0

1.0

2.0

Demand for functions -Resource Endowment

High resource

Medium Resource

Low Resource

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food

feed

soil fertility

income

erosion control

fuel

0

5

Demand for legume functions from pairwise ranking

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Land

Labour

Capital

Inputs and servicesKnowledge and skills

Water

Markets

0

2

4

Score (0-4) - 4= key constraint, 0= no constraint

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FunctionsFood

Feed

Soil Fertility

Income

Erosion control

Fuel

0

5

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Cropping systems

Intercropping

Monocropping

Double cropping

Improved fallows

Rotations

Spot planting

Relay cropping

Alley/hedgerow

0

2

4

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interventions

  Food Feed IncomeErosion control

Fuel Soil fertility total

Common beanGrain legume

seasonal5 1 3 1 1 0

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GroundnutsGrain legume

seasonal4 2 3 2 1 1

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SoybeanGrain legume

seasonal4 2 3 2 1 1

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Pigeon peaGrain legume

perennial5 2 2 4 1 1

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MucunaHerbaceous

legume seasonal

0 1 0 4 0 27

Lablab cv xxHerbaceous

legume seasonal

5 3 2 2 1 114

DesmodiumHerbaceous

legume perennial

0 3 2 4 0 110

CalliandraTree legume

coppicing0 3 2 5 2 1

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SesbaniaTree legume

non-coppicing0 3 2 5 2 1

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Context scores 1.25 0.75 0.75 1.188 0.688 0.375

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Land Labour CapitalInputs and services

Knowledge and skills Water Markets Total

Common bean

Grain legume seasonal

4 3 1 6 9 2 12 37

Groundnuts

Grain legume seasonal

8 4 1 9 9 2 16 49

Soybean

Grain legume seasonal

6 3 1 9 9 2 16 46Pigeon pea

Grain legume perennial

2 2 1 3 6 1 8 23

Mucuna

Herbaceous legume seasonal

6 2 1 6 6 1 4 26

Lablab cv xx

Herbaceous legume seasonal

4 3 1 6 6 2 8 30

Desmodium

Herbaceous legume

perennial 6 1 1 3 6 2 8 27

Calliandra

Tree legume coppicing

2 1 1 3 6 2 8 23

Sesbania

Tree legume non-coppicing

2 2 1 6 6 2 8 27

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Interventions from LGCTool

Pigeon pea-15Lablab cv xx-14Ground nuts-13Soya beans-13Calliandra-13Sesbania-13Common bean-11

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Possible Interventions_ Kenya

1. Climbing beans: Has many potential nichesNeeds limited spaceRequire good precipitation IncomeFoodSensitization on utilization and disease managementPerceived challenge: Stakes Can be combined with Gliricidia to provide stakes

Nyaribari Chache

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2. Calliandra for boosting milk and poultry production3. Gliricidia can be used to fatten goats and cows and soil fertility

Kitutu Chache Similar interventions to Nyaribari Chache Climbing beans, Calliandra and gliricidia Surplus milk sold to be KCC Sotik Sesbania can also provide stakes/perceived

competition with banana for stakes Management of stakes necessary to contain

pests/wood preservatives

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Rongo

Commercial intensification is necessary: Crop/fodder system

Calliandra for improved milk production, seed production, fuel

Calliandra to be grown as hedgerows along food crops, contours to prevent erosion and for fencing

Residue and nutrient management in groundnuts: next season

PhD student to prioritize soil sampling to inform on SR15 season

Understand current cropping systems in Rongo especially for groundnuts this season and think about management

Interactions with farmers/markets and institutions/MSc student to inquire about soya beans, green grams and others

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Suna West

Diversification of incomeImprove soil fertilityInquire about Soya processing plant for the

possibility of growing soya beansFor improving soil fertility and erosion control:

Gliricidia, Leucaena trichandra (firewood)Cropping system: Rotations with cash crops,

improved fallows –with Tephrosia and Sesbania sesban

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Comments

Include a methodology on how the intervention was arrived at

Options should be reduced/fewDetails on trial plots/narrow down the broad concepts

to specific activitiesDraft activity plan for each countryFGD applying FGD tool; next week. The prototype tool will

have more options_-laterGenerose: we can then go and narrow down on

interventions after the FGD-not necessarily narrow down but focus and show how things are connected

We are relying on the IITA for the protocol to kick start activities

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Action Plan_Kenya

Decide on specific activities- 4/2/2015Budget for inputs/buy/assemble inputs-11/2/2015Implement trials- mid Feb/early MarchFGD 2: Mid MarchFinalization of baseline and farm characterization

surveys: End MarchAnalyze yield data for SR14: End march Soil sampling by PhD studentContribute/review on proposals for MSc and PhD

students

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