{"id":12736,"date":"2026-06-20T12:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/two-iita-developed-soybean-varieties-released-in-zambia\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:24:54","slug":"two-iita-developed-soybean-varieties-released-in-zambia","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/two-iita-developed-soybean-varieties-released-in-zambia\/","title":{"rendered":"Two IITA-developed soybean varieties released in Zambia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Soybean\"<\/a>The Seed Control and Certification Institute (SCCI<\/a>) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL<\/a>) of Zambia officially approved for release two IITA-developed soybean varieties\u2015TGx1740-2F and TGx1937-1F\u2015during its ordinary session on 23 – 25 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The two soybean varieties: TGx1740-2F (top) and TGx1937-1F (bottom).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its memo of approval, the Variety Release Committee of SCCI indicated the approved local names of the two soybean varieties as \u201cKafue\u201d for TGx1740-2F and \u201cMwembeshi\u201d for TGx1937-1F. New crop varieties released in Zambia are traditionally named after rivers in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Therese Gondwe, IITA scientist based in Zambia and one of the team members who presented the varieties for consideration by SCCI, the two varieties show consistently high grain yields and are self-nodulating. \u201cThe latter characteristic is very important to soil health and has a positive effect on the productivity of cereal crops planted after them. The varieties also give high fodder yields (crop residue after threshing) as a result of high biomass production,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifically, TGx1740-2F, or \u201cMwembeshi\u201d, is an early maturing variety, tolerant of drought and resistant to a number of diseases and pests such as bacterial pustule, soybean rust, soybean mosaic virus, frogeye leaf spot, Witch\u2019s broom, purple seed stain, common soybean fly, thrips, pod sucking bug, and the pod borer. The variety is also known as \u201cWamini\u201d in Mozambique and \u201cTikolore\u201d in Malawi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other h and, TGx1937-1F or \u201cKafue\u201d has vigorous seedling establishment. It is medium to late maturing and has high biomass production and nodulation. It is tolerant and\/or resistant to purple seed stain, common soybean fly, thrips, pod-sucking bug, and the pod borer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gondwe envisions that the release of these two IITA-developed varieties will boost the availability of soybean seeds in Zambia. She is also optimistic that with the adoption of these varieties by farmers, the soil health of the mainly maize-based smallholder farms will also be vastly improved as the most common soybean variety currently rotated with maize\u2015\u201cLukanga\u201d\u2015is non-self-nodulating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pour plus d'informations, veuillez contacter :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katherine Lopez, responsable de la communication au si\u00e8ge de l'IITA, K.Lopez@cgiar.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Seed Control and Certification Institute (SCCI) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) of Zambia officially approved for release two IITA-developed soybean varieties\u2015TGx1740-2F and TGx1937-1F\u2015during its ordinary session on 23 – 25 September.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[262],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[46],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[70],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[193],"class_list":["post-12736","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","hentry","tag-scciseed-control-and-certification-institutesoybean","location-zambia","crop-soybean","item-year-193"],"yoast_head":"\nTwo IITA-developed soybean varieties released in Zambia - 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