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)