Scoring-filters
Legume CHOICE tool
Scoring filters and tool
File:scoring_tool_jan2015.xlsx
Observations Birthe Jan 14, 2015
- Some things (e.g. food or cash function) is site-specific. Eg Ethiopia very often different
- Requirements depend cropping system integration (intercropping always needs less land than mono)
- Agro-ecological requirements important but might need rephrasing
- Accessions are important for some legumes, eg soybean and lablab
Group discussion and reflection related to the scoring tool Jan 15, 2015
Immediate future – 1 to 2 years potential. We are looking for opportunities and niches for interventions for farming systems and livelihood improvements to be applied in the immediate (1-2 years) or near (2-5 years) future
How to include the multipurpose/multi-functionality? Add a function column for ‘multipurpose’, or generate ‘multipurpose’ by using the scores (note: if present use is captured in the scores rather that the potential a separate column might be better)
Cluster the legumes related to the 6 functions, one legume can appear in more than one function
Visioning – participatory visioning, start with the present constraints and discuss potential solutions suggested by farmers in different time perspectives, where can legumes contribute? Which interventions can contribute to the solutions? How are interventions developed? Address the most important constraints, there is mostly several.
Agronomic constraints to consider:
Diseases susceptibility
Pests
Weeds (competitive or not)
Seed availability
Attributes:
Climbing (yes/no/both types available)
Ground cover (good/poor)
Need shading / not need/stand shading
Objective:
The Legume CHOICE tool will guide to species or group of species for the desired functions (not to cultivars). For each local context the suitable varieties need to be discussed with extension workers, field advisors etc.
Additional species to include that have been found on the surveyed farms in DRC, Ethiopia and Kenya and/or their neighborhood. At this stage we focus on E&C Africa
Seasonal grain legumes
Bambaranut
Green gram
Faba bean
Lentil
Chickpea
Field pea
Herbaceous legumes Canavalia Crotolaria ochroleuca (planted as vegetable) Crotolaria vericosa Stylosanthes hamata Clover Vetch
Tree legumes Leucena leucocephala Leucena diversifolia Trephrosia Gliricidia Acacia polyacantha Albizia
