INDIA-MOROCCO FOOD LEGUMES INNITIATIVE
PROJECT SUMMARY
1- Title: Morocco – India Food Legumes Initiative: Increasing food legumes production by small farmers to strengthen food and nutrition security through adoption of improved technologies and governance within south-south cooperation
2- Project Executing Agency (PEA): Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Rabat, Morocco.
3- Location: Morocco
4- Starting Date: September 2013
5- Completion Date: December 2018.
6- Objective : Dissemination and adoption of improved technologies and governance to increase productivity of food legumes through participatory knowledge management systems and South-South collaboration.
7- Partners:
- Moorocco : INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), IAV Hassan II (Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II et la F-OCP ;
- India: ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research)/Universities and, MSSRF (M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation) ;
- Two CGIAR Centers : ICARDA (The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas), ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi- Arid Tropics)