LegumeSELECT: Science-driven Evaluation of Legume Choice for Transformed Livelihoods LegumeSELECT is a multidisciplinary research project aimed at increasing the contribution of legumes to smallholder livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by enabling more appropriate legume selection decisions. To this end, we are further developing the decision support framework LegumeCHOICE by combining existing data with new data from experimentation to resolve differences in the functional characteristics of legumes, and evaluation of individual farm biophysical and socioeconomic contexts. This will provide knowledge and tools to aid smallholder farmers in making informed decisions for smart integration and use of multi-purpose legumes in an enhanced production environment. LegumeSELECT is funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund through the BBSRC: BB/R020590/1 The project consortium is lead by Prof. Elizabeth Baggs at the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security at the University of Edinburgh. The consortium brings together project partners in the UK, Kenya, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The University of Edinburgh The University of Nottingham The James Hutton Institute Scotland's Rural College CGIAR The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture World Agroforestry Centre The International Livestock Research Institute Oromia Agricultural Research Institute logo Catholic University of Bukavu Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization This article was published on 2024-09-02
