{"id":13409,"date":"2026-06-20T12:27:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/new-crp-gldc-focuses-on-strengthening-whole-value-chains\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:38:53","slug":"new-crp-gldc-focuses-on-strengthening-whole-value-chains","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/new-crp-gldc-focuses-on-strengthening-whole-value-chains\/","title":{"rendered":"New CRP (GLDC) focuses on strengthening whole value chains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\">Over 130 participants from 25 countries met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to confirm partners  and priorities at the launching of the <a href=\"http:\/\/gldc.cgiar.org\/\">CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes  and Dryl and Cereals<\/a> (GLDC). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icrisat.org\/team\/peter-carberry\/\">Dr Peter Carberry<\/a>, Director of GLDC, set the framework, underlining that the Program\u2019s approach is premised on how it can add value to what is already being undertaken. Linking initiatives  and building on each other\u2019s strengths will be a key focus of the approach.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_15308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15308\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Participants-at-the-GLDC-launch-come-together-for-a-group-photograph.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15308\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Participants-at-the-GLDC-launch-come-together-for-a-group-photograph-300x119.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Participants at the GLDC launch come together for a group photograph\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants at the GLDC launch come together for a group photograph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"western\">Ethiopia\u2019s Minister of Agriculture  and Natural Resources, H.E. Dr Eyasu Abraha Alle, who inaugurated GLDC, supported the value chain approach noting that \u201cGrain legumes  and the sorghum  and millets are what have been termed as \u2018Smart Food\u2019 because they are\u2019 good for you, good for the planet,  and good for the farmer\u2019. However, they have received less attention  and their value chains have not been as well developed. We need to do something different! Through partnerships like GLDC, we will build this whole industry from the consumer end  and also develop the food processing industry  and connect this right back to the farmers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">He also challenged the team saying, \u201cWe have to work furiously for the dryl ands. Tackling the dryl ands means being climate smart. Grain legumes  and dryl and cereals are well adapted to the dryl ands  and naturally nutritious. These are smart foods  and we need to diversify our diets with them. I challenge the CRP to come up with a strategy for the dryl ands of Ethiopia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Jointly launching the Program was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icrisat.org\/team\/nigel-wells-kerby\/\">Dr Nigel Kerby<\/a>, Board Chair of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icrisat.org\/\">Institut international de recherche sur les cultures des zones tropicales semiarides<\/a> (ICRISAT), who congratulated the whole team behind GLDC: \u201cAs Chair of the ICRISAT Board  and on behalf of ICRISAT which has pulled together the partners  and prospectus for this Program, I take great pleasure in joining the 44 partner institutions  and the Minister of Agriculture  and Natural Resources for the launch of GLDC. I am very impressed by the commitment shown by the over 130 delegates at the launch, from many different disciplines  and their belief in GLDC. I wish great success to the team over the next five years  and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">GLDC\u2019s vision is to deliver improved rural livelihoods  and nutrition by prioritizing dem and-driven innovations to increase production  and market opportunities along value chains. The program supports research for development on six legumes (chickpea, cowpea, pigeon pea, groundnut, lentil,  and soybean)  and three cereals (sorghum, pearl millet,  and finger millet). It will focus on the semi-arid  and subhumid dryl and agroecologies of sub-Saharan Africa  and South Asia. The Program is a partnership of CGIAR centers that includes IITA, public  and private organizations, governments,  and farmers worldwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>From a media release on the <a href=\"http:\/\/gldc.cgiar.org\/partnering-to-effectively-strengthen-whole-value-chains\/\">GLDC website<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 130 participants from 25 countries met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to confirm partners and priorities at the launching of the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC).<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":13410,"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":[444],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[196],"class_list":["post-13409","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cerealsgrain-legumes","item-year-196"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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