This capacity-building activity contributes to the creation of a pool of African professionals skilled in implementing on-farm trials (OFTs) following the 1000FARMS approach, leading to high-quality data and an increased understanding of variety performance in use environments. During the first phase, the course focuses on professionals working in CGIAR-NARES breeding networks, and later will also be offered to African graduates. The course was designed in collaboration with the Demand-Led Breeding Community of Practice (hosted by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT) which brings together African centres of excellence in breeding education (African Centre for Crop Improvement, West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement, Makerere University Regional Center for Crop Improvement, University of Nairobi).
The course is a pre-condition for organizational funding and provides different levels of training for trial implementers, field agents, breeders, and data scientists, as well as on-demand support. On completion of the course, participants can join the 1000FARMS Community of Practice for peer-to-peer exchange of experiences, professional advice, the latest innovations in 1000FARMS, grant opportunities, and support materials.
This course will increase the overall professional engagement, confidence, and drive for improvement and innovation of those who become part of the 1000FARMS community and stimulate constant communication and collaboration between professionals from different organizations.
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Groundnut is a critical crop for smallholder farmers in Tanzania, providing both food security and income. Adoption of new groundnut varieties has been low, however. To overcome barriers to adoption, better insights into farmer preferences, and on-farm performance are needed. On-farm participatory testing can address this need, ensuring that breeding efforts align more closely with the differing realities of diverse farming households. In the past, breeding programs often relied on gender-disaggregated data, separately analyzing data for women and men. This flyer explores how a data-driven approach shows that gender is not the only factor behind farmer choice of crop variety.
Tanzania is the second largest producer of groundnuts in East Africa. Teams from the CGIAR Initiative on Market Intelligence, Accelerated Breeding and Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute are working with the Tanzania Groundnut Product Design Team − a team whose members represent the groundnut value chain, from farmers and processors to seed producers − to discuss the knowns and unknowns of requirements for groundnut production and processing. This report highlights the significant challenges for farmers to access quality seed.
Discover an online community guide focused on tricot and product use testing in agriculture. Hosted on GitHub, this open-access guide allows users to contribute and expand its content. It provides a comprehensive overview of all steps involved in Tricot trials. The platform also enables users to publish and share their standard operating procedures, exchange insights from their experiments, and discuss experiences with the ClimMob platform. It is currently available in English and French.
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Data collection | Variety performance analysis | Inform product management | ClimMob platform integration | On-farm trial networks
