Development of Cowpea-Based Value-Added Foods with High Nutritive Health Values Preferred by Consumers and Food Processors

The goal of this research component is to enhance the availability of nutritious/healthful, and affordable cowpea-based foods to consumers in both West Africa and the U.S., […]

• Start Date: 2002
• End Date: 2007
• Project Code: WA2-A1
• Lead University: University of Georgia

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets

Breeding Peanut for Resistance to Foliar Diseases and Arthropod Pests

Foliar diseases and pests cause significant yield losses in peanuts globally. The losses are greater in countries where chemical disease and pest control are not feasible […]

• Start Date: 1996/08/01
• End Date: 1998/07/31
• Project Code: NCS34P
• Lead University: North Carolina State University

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Productivity

Systems Research to Assess Risk of Preharvest Aflatoxin Contamination and to Develop Technologies to Reduce Aflatoxin Contamination of Peanut

Aflatoxin contamination reduces peanut quality and value, and may adversely affect the health of consumers, both human and livestock. In human health, aflatoxin consumption may cause […]

• Start Date: 1996/08/01
• End Date: 2007/10/31
• Project Code: UGA22A
• Lead University: University of Georgia

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security, Health and Nutrition

Improved Production Efficiency through Standardized, Integrated, and Enhanced Research and Technology

Foliar diseases and pests are responsible for significant yield losses in the Guinean and Sudanian zones of West Africa and the higher rainfall areas of Southern […]

• Start Date: 1996/08/01
• End Date: 2007/10/31
• Project Code: NCS19P
• Lead University: North Carolina State University

• Region: Europe and Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Productivity

Simulation of Peanut Cropping Systems to Improve Production Efficiency and Enhance Natural Resource Management

Small-holder peanut farmers are under increasing pressure to increase peanut production, in the face of increasing constraints of limited natural resources and increasing degradation of their […]

• Start Date: 1996/08/01
• End Date: 2007/10/31
• Project Code: UFL13P
• Lead University: University of Florida

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Natural Resource Management, Productivity

Kossou, Dansou

• Start Date: 1980/01/01
• End Date: 1981/12/31
• University: Kansas State University
• Degree: PhD

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Innovation

Favi, Francoise Djidobe

• Start Date: N.D.
• End Date: 1998
• University: Montana State University
• Degree: TBD

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security