Baltenweck, Isabelle

Swain, Braja B.

Teufel, Nils

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Does groundnut haulm quality influence farmers’ decisions on variety adoption? An explorative study from Odisha in Eastern IndiaNils Teufel1 , Braja Swain2 and Isabelle Baltenweck1Dual-purpose crops play an important role in mixed-farming systems and will continue to do so (Akplo et al., 2023; Blummel et al., 2021).Groundnut haulms are an important source of high-protein roughage for ruminants in low-rainfall areas, for instance, in West Africa (Samireddypalle et al., 2017) and South Asia (Birthal et al., 2011).From 2002, ILRI and ICRISAT started screening groundnut cultivars to identify those with superior nutritional haulm quality. A new groundnut variety namely ICGV-91114 was identified and released nation-wide in the year 2007 (ICRISAT, 2009).  In 2010 ICGV-91114 was introduced in Odisha as “Devi” and promoted as the main official variety but feeding was not considered.The present study aimed at exploring the current practices in crop residue use, the impact of groundnut haulm qualityon livestock feeding and the adoption of particular groundnut varieties.PicturesThe preference for feeding high quality groundnut haulms shows that farmers consider nutritional quality of crop residues,although these traits have never been officially included in cultivar assessments and variety promotions. Bringing all stakeholders together will allow policies to be updated, so that nutritional qualities of residues can be considered during cultivar assessment, variety registration and variety promotion.This will result in broad-based benefits of growing improved dual-purpose crops.Photo credit: Braja SwainGroundnut haulms are mostly fed to livestock, a greater share than of other residues (Fig 2), they are especially popular as feed where cultivars with good nutritional haulm quality are grown (Fig 3).However, grain yield and seed availability remain the main criteria when farmers select varieties for planting;very few farmers give preference to haulm quality during the selection of varieties (Table 1).  In Odisha, 9 districts selected based on groundnut area and livestock population (Fig 1). Per district, 45 villages selected randomly, resulting in a sample of 405 villages.Collection of qualitative and quantitative data through focus group discussions and village-level survey.IntroductionMaterials and methodsResultsResearch into useFigure 2: Crop residue utilization pattern (%)020406080100% of villagers reported goodquality haulm%Haulm used for feed75531008069206227785675488571Andhra Devi (ICGV9114) Dharani Kadiri Local Maharastri OthersVariety name grainyieldseed availableon timehaulm quality othersAndhra 62 13 0 25Devi (ICGV9114) 76 0 10 14Dharani 63 11 0 26Kadiri 73 24 0 3Local 65 12 3 20Maharastri 46 11 11 32Others 67 12 0 21Total 65 3 2 30Figure 3: Groundnut varieties grown in Odisha - haulm quality & feed use Table 1: Weights of criteria in farmers’ groundnut variety selectionFigure 1: Survey site selection in Odisha state (India)1 International Livestock Research Institute , Nairobi, Kenya2 International Livestock Research Institute, New Delhi, IndiaEmail: b.swain@cgair.org , n.teufel@cgiar.orgReferencesa. Akplo T. B., Faye, A., Obour, A., Stewart Z. P., Min, D., Prasad, P.V. Vara. (2023). Dual-purpose crops for grain and fodder to improve nutrition security in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa: A review. Food and Energy Security. DOI: 10.1002/fes3.492.b. Blummel M., Sridharan S., Duncan A., and Lenne J. (2020). Recent Advances in Dual Purpose Rice and Wheat Research. Field Crops Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2020.107823c. Birthal, P.S., Nigam, S.N., Narayanan, A. V., Kareem, K.A. (2011). An economic assessment of the potential benefits of breeding for drought tolerance in crops: A case of groundnut in India, Research Bulletin.  ICRISAT, Patancheru, India. http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/285d. Samireddypalle, A., Boukar, O., Grings, E., Fatokun, C.A., Kodukula, P., Devulapalli, R., Okike, I., Blümmel, M. (2017). Cowpea and Groundnut Haulms Fodder Trading and Its Lessons for Multidimensional Cowpea Improvement for Mixed Crop Livestock Systems in West Africa. Front. Plant Sci.. DOI:10.3389/fpls.2017.00030563142770713 1101020304050607080Feeding Burnt Mulching OthersCrop residue Groundnut haulmThis work/research was conducted as part of the CRP Livestock and was supported by the CGIAR’s Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA).

Does groundnut haulm quality influence farmers’ decisions on variety adoption? An explorative study from Odisha in Eastern India

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