2. Our blog: the inside story
Tuning in … Farm Radio International
Karen Hampson of Farm Radio International writes: As part of a consortium of organisations, known as the Legume Alliance, Farm Radio International will implement a 12-16 week participatory agricultural radio series to promote a bundle of proven technologies for improved legume production ahead of the October 2015 legume planting season in northern Tanzania. The Legume Alliance […]
Read MoreGraphics and research point the way ahead…
Duncan Sones writes: The Legume Alliance is trying to persuade farmers to change their bean growing habits and a series of partners are working together to make this a reality. The changes we are promoting include using seeds of improved varieties of common bean and applying fertilizer along with the usual good agricultural practices. Two […]
Read MoreThe Legume Alliance
Dannie Romney writes the second blog entry: At the Legume Alliance we are trying to get information about growing common beans into as many smallholder-farming households as possible. We are doing this in two ways. First using a wide range of media and second we are selecting media that will be accessed by every member […]
Read MoreBean Thinking …
Dannie Romney writes the first Legume Alliance Blog entry: I am excited to share that for the 2015 planting-season, 10 organizations are harnessing their collective energies and knowledge to implement a scale-up campaign. We are calling the campaign Bean thinking… and we are calling the group of partners working on it the Tanzania Legume Alliance. […]
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