Countries Ethiopia : CRSPs

Abating Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) Damage in Eastern Africa Using Integrated Cultural and Biological Control Measures

Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus), a native plant of tropical and sub-tropical South and North America, is a noxious invasive weed in Eastern Africa. It adversely affects food […]

Start Date: 2009
End Date: 2014
Project Code: Not Available
Lead University: Virginia State University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Health and Nutrition

CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Database: Project

Crop, Soil and Water management to optimize Grain Yield and Quality for Value- Added Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa

The goal of this project is to improve food security and market development of sorghum and pearl millet in ESA through research, institutional capacity building and […]

Start Date: 2008
End Date: 2012
Project Code: UNL 101
Lead University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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

CRSP: Sorghum, Millet, and Other Grains (SMOG / INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Breeding Sorghum for Improved Resistance to Striga and Drought in Africa

The goal of research in this project is to develop, deploy, and promote the use of second generation sorghum cultivars with drought and Striga resistance using […]

Start Date: 2008
End Date: 2012
Project Code: PRF 101
Lead University: Purdue University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Innovation

CRSP: Sorghum, Millet, and Other Grains (SMOG / INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Understanding the Impact of Idiosyncratic Shocks on Farm Productivity and Household Assets in Ethiopia, Ghana and Bangladesh

New evidence that idiosyncratic risk dominates covariate risk in rural Africa and Asia indicates the potential contribution of improved local risk management to household asset accumulation, […]