- Dr Juliana Cheboi, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and Vice-Chair of the Kenya Plant Breeders Association (KPBA), was the featured speaker in the session “Bridging the Gap Through Community Engagements and Outreach Services: Underutilized Legumes Researchers on Call.”
The session addressed the important challenge of bridging the gap between agricultural research and farming communities, with particular attention to underutilized legumes. These crops offer considerable potential for improving nutrition, soil fertility, biodiversity and climate resilience, yet often receive insufficient attention from agricultural research, extension services and markets.
Community engagement and researcher-led outreach can help translate scientific knowledge into practical solutions, strengthen farmer–researcher collaboration and support the conservation, cultivation and wider use of these valuable crops.
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14 African partner universities across 9 countries, together with global research and academic partners — including ICRISAT, IFPRI, University of Southampton, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and others — have developed a 7 free, open-source course blocks on Neglected and Underutilised Species (NUS), spanning agronomy to nutrition, markets, climate and policy.
The courses are now under pilot from 5 to 31 October 2026 — and you are welcome to take part.- Course link: https://elearning.ruforum.org/course/index.php?categoryid=12
- Learn more: https://news.ruforum.org/about-the-open-source-nus-curriculum/
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More than 110 participants from over 14 countries across Africa, Europe, and Asia gathered online to celebrate the international launch of AgrEcoNUS+, a programme that aims at making Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS), a driver of agroecological transition across Africa.
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