Legume Lab Project Close-Out Meeting Held in Malawi
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EmailFrom the June 2023 Newsletter
Members of the Legume Lab project titled, "Transforming Seed Systems to Respond to Bean Variety Demand Through Multistakeholder Platforms in Malawi" recently convened in Lilongwe to discuss project outcomes as formal activities come to a close.
The project addressed the lack of coordination among legume value chain stakeholders in Malawi and introduced multistakeholder platforms as a means of linking researchers, seed companies, farmers, and private sector grain offtakers.
Through these platforms every member of the value chain benefits. Researchers receive critical information directly from farmers and offtakers on what variety traits are important and desired, seed companies benefit by understanding what varieties of seed the farmers and offtakers will support and purchase, farmers benefit through relationships with grain offtakers which can lead to growing agreements and support in adopting good agricultural practices, and offtakers benefit through the availability of quality legume products demanded by their customers.
The project was led by the Alliance Bioversity/CIAT which worked to bring the value chain players together by providing the framework for the relationships to grow. Even though project activities are coming to a close, the multistakeholder platforms are expected to continue providing sustainable solutions for the legume value chain in Malawi.
