Wageningen University has launched a new initiative to improve food production and soil fertility in Africa through expanding the production of legume crops and thus increasing inputs from biological nitrogen fixation.

Supported by a four-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the project brings together a strong consortium of research and development partners across Africa and aims to benefit more than 200,000 small farming households in eight countries—Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe. crop.
 
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