EXPECTED IMPACTS

15-20% increase in production in the project areas;

15% increase in farmers' income;

20% increase in the food legumes rotation;

More than 2,500 jobs created;

10% increase in per capita consumption in the project areas;

More than 10,000 farmers involved, directly or indirectly;

Improving soil health in wheat system

Increasing Food Legumes Production by

Small Farmers to Strengthen Food and

Nutrition Security through Adoption of

Improved Technologies and Governance

within South-South Cooperation

Objectives

Dissemination and adoption of improved technologies and governance to increase productivity of food legumes through partic-ipatory knowledge management systems and South-South collaboration

CONTACT

N���� M������, IMFLI M��������� U���

INRA, A����� �� �� V�������, BP. 415 RP.R����

E���� :imflimaroc@gmail.com

Partners

In India: ICAR/Universi�es, MSSRF, ICARDA, ICRISAT.

In Morocco : INRA/IAV, ICARDA, FOCP.

INITIATIVE MAROCO-INDIENNE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT

DES LEGUMINEUSES ALIMENTAIRES

FOCP/INRA/IAVHII/ICARDA

www.imfli.net

IMFLI

Food legumes provide an important opportunity

poor.

in India and Morocco have steadily fallen in the last

decades and certainly not in accordance with their

It will be imple-

agement systems and South- .

INDIA-MOROCCO FOOD LEGUMES INITIATIVE

OUTPUTS

1. Value chains of targeted food legumes studied and analyzed;

2. on-

3. and tested by farmers;

4. -level based seed delivery sys-tems established;

5. -harvest processing,

6. different ICT tools to meet the needs of infor-

7.

8. Back up research to enhance technology genera-

9. Capacity building and networking of all stake-holders achieved;

10. agement and impact developed and monitored on a regular basis;

11. Pro-food legumes enabling policy explored and documented.

TERM

September 2013 – December 2018.

CROPS

In India: Urd Bean, Mungo Bean, Groundnut,

Faba bean, Gras pea

In Morocco : Faba bean

TARGETED AREAS

7 States in India: Tamil Nadu and Orissa (MSSRF) ; Tripura, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal (ICARDA); Andhra Pradesh and Karnata-ka (ICRISAT).

5 regions in Morocco: Sais-Taounate, Zemmour-Zaers, Chaouia-Ouardigha, Abda-Doukkala, Tadla-Azilal (INRA/IAV/ICARDA).

TARGETED COMMUNITIES:

Villages in arid and semi-arid areas; Vulnerable socio-economic groups whith

low capacity to access markets; 15,000 farmers in India; 10,000 farmers in Morocco