Demonstration of suitable innovations and possible solutions of profitability and productivity limiting factors through farmer led research / farmer participatory research.
Field trials of agronomic practices (Date of sowing, diseases, weed and insect management, crop nutrition, rhizobium inoculation, machinery and new variety seed through farmer led research.
Economic Analysis to evaluate cost benefit ratio of various innovations.
Increase opportunities for farmers to undertake post-harvest value addition and value chain to chickpea and mungbean.
Develop and evaluate, in partnership with farmers, site specific village-based seed production and dissemination systems to facilitate access to improved varieties.
Training of seed producing farmers through variety identification and demonstration of seed processing equipment to improve seed availability at village level.
Disseminate the learning and practices from the R&D activities to other farmers and private sector participants such as input suppliers and potential service providers.
Enable and support farmer to farmer learning through capacity building sessions to enhance communication by involving private sector۔
