CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals - GLDC

Overview: FP3-2.3 - Improving productivity, resilience and sustainability of sorghum based cropping systems through diversification



Leader: Julie Dusserre, The French Agricultural Research Center for International Development - CIRAD
Coleader: Louis Marie Raboin, The French Agricultural Research Center for International Development - CIRAD

Team members: 5
Partner organizations: 2

Budget 2025
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Outputs: 2

  Activity/Product Description
    
Depending on agro-climatic conditions and based on surveys of farmers’ practices/constraints, different intercrop combinations will be evaluated involving sorghum and legumes (as cowpea) or shrubs (as Piliostigma).
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  Outputs
    
Code Type Output Name Leader Co-leader Deliverables Commodity View
FP3-2.3.1 Intercropping of sorghum with native evergreen woody shrubs Julie Dusserre Jean-Marie Douzet 1 Finger millet, Maize, Sorghum, Chickpea, Cotton, Cowpea, Pearl millet, Groundnut, Pigeonpea, Mung bean (Vigna radiata), Peanut
FP3-2.3.2 Identify agro-ecological options to optimize interactions between plants Julie Dusserre Louis Marie Raboin 4 Finger millet, Maize, Sorghum, Chickpea, Cotton, Cowpea, Pearl millet, Groundnut, Pigeonpea, Mung bean (Vigna radiata), Peanut, Finger millet, Maize, Sorghum, Chickpea, Cotton, Cowpea, Pearl millet, Groundnut, Pigeonpea, Mung bean (Vigna radiata), Peanut
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