The RDE Agenda and Program

1. Development of an efficient and sustainable seed system for legumes
2. Improvement of the efficiency and profitability of production through enhanced productivity and reduced cost of production
3. Improvement of marketability through high quality raw material and processed products and enhanced village-level product utilization

Strategies

• Strengthen the participatory, on-farm research and development for empowered end-users and enhanced technology adaptation and utilization
• Improve our understanding of underlying biological processes and their interaction with the environment for efficient technology generation and verification
• Take advantage of advances in molecular biology and biotechnology to generate new knowledge and products that will add value to legumes

• Seed and Processed Product Quality Improvement
• Integrated Crop Management
• Mechanization
• On-farm Research and Information, Education and Communication
• Socio-Economics and Policy
• Varietal Improvement and Biotechnology

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