{"id":8875,"date":"2026-04-10T09:09:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/?post_type=project&#038;p=8875"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:56:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:56:50","slug":"legume-based-agro-ecological-intensification-of-maize-and-cassava-cropping-systems-in-sub-saharan-africa","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/project\/legume-based-agro-ecological-intensification-of-maize-and-cassava-cropping-systems-in-sub-saharan-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Intensification agro\u00e9cologique des syst\u00e8mes de culture du ma\u00efs et du manioc \u00e0 base de l\u00e9gumineuses en Afrique subsaharienne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Pour la durabilit\u00e9 du nexsus eau-alimentation-\u00e9nergie, le projet de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nutritionnelle et de r\u00e9silience des moyens de subsistance (LEG4DEV) est mis en \u0153uvre en \u00c9thiopie, en Tanzanie, en Zambie et au Malawi. Le projet vise \u00e0 promouvoir la diffusion de l'intensification agro\u00e9cologique bas\u00e9e sur les l\u00e9gumineuses des syst\u00e8mes de culture de ma\u00efs et de manioc des petits exploitants dans quatre pays pour la durabilit\u00e9 du nexsus eau-alimentation-\u00e9nergie qui permet la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire et la r\u00e9silience des moyens de subsistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Objectif du projet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal is promote scaling of legume-based agroecological intensification of smallholder maize and cassava cropping systems in SSA for water-food-energy nexus sustainability &amp; improved livelihood resilience. The specific research and innovation objectives are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(1) To identify, develop and adapt legume-based agroecological intensification technologies and practices for accelerated scaling-out to smallholder farming and food systems to improve their: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(1a) productivity, sustainability, resilience and adaptive capacity to climate variability and change; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(1b) food and nutrition security and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(1c) water use efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> (2) To identify, develop and adapt innovations for rural energy and labour efficiency (especially of women smallholders) transformations necessary to accelerate scaling out of legume-based agroecological intensification for improved livelihoods, employment, income and resilience of smallholder farming and food systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> (3) To identify, develop and adapt innovations for transformative shifts in rural bioeconomies by generating new enterprises and rural employment (especially youth and women entrepreneurship) from legume-derived products, services and co-products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(4) To identify and embed transformational scaling approaches and pathways (including policy and institutional options to enhance market opportunities for farmers through improved market information, farmer organization, and structured trade) for legume-based agroecological intensification to improve smallholder productivity\/incomes, while transitioning to more sustainable farming and food systems<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;For water-food-energy nexus sustainability, nutritional security &amp; livelihood resilience project (LEG4DEV) is implemented in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia &amp; Malawi. 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