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Page 1: Report from IYP Regional Dialogues - Africa

Reports on Regional Dialogue-AfricaFouad Maalouf

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Organized by (FAO) in collaboration with ICARDA organized a Regional Dialogue for Africa as integral session of the ICP (Health, Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture in Drylands in Marrakesh, Morocco, April 18-20, 2016. 25 Pulse experts met together to • Understand Role of Pulses in the Region

and its contribution to sustainable rural development and food security and nutrition, including issues related to market access

• Discuss the role Pulses actors: family farmers, producers and processors

• To promote pulses good practices and innovations

• To enhance awareness raising actions and capacity development

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Report on Regional Dialogue - Africa

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Present Status

Humid trop legumes

Dry land legumes

• Africa produce 9.8 million m tons of pulses in 23 million ha lands as compared to 78 m tones from 85 m ha land globally

• Region is the major determinant of global crop production trends.

• North Africa grows 1.05 million ha area with 1.12 million tonnes production and an average yield of 1060 kg/ha. Faba bean (52%) chickpea (8%) and lentil (4%).

• Ethiopia is the largest producer of food legumes in East Africa. Major crops faba bean, chickpea, common beans and others

Broad beans, horse beans, dry

34%

Chick peas25%Lentils

6%

Peas, dry28%

Beans, dry32%

Cow peas, dry54%

Pulses, nes8%

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Regional opportunities and challenges of the pulses sector• Green Morocco Plan: reconversion of

small subsistence farmers to small businesses and entrepreneurship, making legumes an important component of this strategic plan in the country..  

• Pulses are the critical staple food for over 1 billion people and are recognised as replacement for animal protein, yet pulses remain a neglected 'Orphan Crop', underutilised with rather meagre funding for research

• Address yield Gaps in all countries with promoting the current potential technologies

• Weed management and mechanical harvesting are key traits in food legumes –north Africa

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Recommendations• Research and development should target

particular species to each of the agro-ecological and farming systems

• Increase pulse production by 20% by 2030 by closing yield gaps, by expanding in new niches like fallows, and by creating short season windows in the existing intensive cropping systems

• Include value addition to the strategy for pulses as an important component to shift the crop to a viable cash crop which at present is often viewed as part of subsistence farming

• Focus on building functional value chains that go from local to multi-national where smallholder farmers can be effective contributors

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• Bridge yield gaps between on-farm and potential yields as shown by a large number of studies across pulse production regions

• Focus on pulse crops experience and related post-harvest losses. This should be a key area to focus on that will have quick wins for the strategy

• Enhance pulse production to create opportunities for local value-added processing, to stimulate domestic demand and to provide on-farm and off-farm employment and income for rural poor, especially women and youth

• Strengthen seed system research to bridge seed demand and supply gap

• Increase investment in pulses research and development investments

Recommendations

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Recommendations• Review policy related to pulse production and

consumption comprehensively by pulse producing countries• Document the impact of investments in pulses’

research with respect to the economic, environmental and social dimension.

• Better assess and understand the sources/causes of yield gaps and constraints to the wide adoption of improved pulses’ cultivars and practices.

• Increase public awareness of health and nutritional benefits as well as climate benefits of pulses. Further quantification of specific health benefits from pulse consumption is needed.

• Promote public – private partnerships in pulse research, development and value addition.

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A common issue emerged was the relatively low investment in pulses for research and extension compared to grain crops in the region despite huge soil and nutritional benefits. Mr. Riccardo from FAO thanked the Participants for their fruitful discussions and valuable contributions. He also expressed his grat-itude to the ICARDA for its willingness and support to the organ-ization of the Regional Dialogue.    

Conclusions

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