N2Africa | Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa

Farmers’ practices and value chain of climbing bean production in South Western Uganda

MSc Internship report

The N2Africa project in Kisoro, South Western Uganda

Contribution of rhizobium and phosphorus fertilizer to biological nitrogen fixation and grain yield of soybean in the Tolon district

Effects of phosphorus fertilizer and inoculation on yield and nutritive values of grain and haulm of selected grain legumes in mixed crop-livestock production system of Ethiopia

Assessing the need for inoculation of soybean and cowpea at Tono in Kassena Nankana District of the Upper East Region of Ghana

Detailed country-by-country access plan for P and other agro-minerals

Milestone reference: 1.2.4 - Detailed country-by-country P access plan developed
Status: Completed
Recurrent: No
Target date: month 6, year 1

Workshop Report: Training of Master Trainers on Legume and Inoculant Technologies

Milestone reference: 5.3.1 - At least 1 training of ‘master’ trainers workshops conducted in Nairobi and attended by 24 ‘master’ trainers, on inoculation technology (inoculant handling and storage, etc) and legume agronomy.
Status: Completed
Recurrent: No
Target date: month 10, year 1

Rhizobia Strain Isolation and Characterisation Protocol

Milestone reference: 3.1.1 - Protocols for nodule sampling, rhizobia isolation, characterization, evaluation for BNF, competitiveness and persistence updated.
Status: Completed
Recurrent: No
Target date: month 6, year 1

Effects of phosphorus fertilizer and inoculation on yield and nutritive values of grain and haulm of selected grain legumes in mixed crop-livestock production system of Ethiopia

N2Africa in Malawi – achieving sustainable input supply

Our N2Africa Country Coordinator for Malawi, Lloyd Phiphira, introduced me to Fredrick Kawalewale of Agro-Input Suppliers Limited (AISL). This company supplies seed and inoculants to smallholders. Fredrick has been working with N2Africa related to input supply since we began in Malawi in 2010. Given the obvious benefits of rhizobium inoculant with soyabean and the lack of inoculant supply he saw a business opportunity and was prepared to take the risk to set up a company to produce and sell inoculants.