Promoting Adoption of Improved Production Technologies among Smallholders in Ghana via Coupled Credit and Index Insurance Contracts

The Ohio State University and the African Center for Economic Transformation, in collaboration with the University of Ghana, propose to undertake a three-year program of research, […]

• Start Date: 2013/06/01
• End Date: 2016/09/30
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Ohio State University

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets

Genetic improvement of cowpea to overcome drought and biotic constraints to grain productivity

TBD

• Start Date: 2013
• End Date: N.D.
• Project Code: S01.A5–UCR
• Lead University: University of California - Riverside

• Topic: Climate Change, Innovation

IPM-omics: Scalable and sustainable solutions for pest management of insect pests of cowpea in Africa

TBD

• Start Date: 2013
• End Date: N.D.
• Project Code: S01.B1–UIUC
• Lead University: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

Disseminating Innovative Resources and Technologies to Smallholders (DIRTS) in Northern Region, Ghana

In Ghana’s Northern Region, smallholder farmers cultivate rainfed crops, face significant risk of weather shocks, chronically underinvest in input technologies, achieve just a fraction of potential […]

• Start Date: 2012/10/01
• End Date: 2015/12/31
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Yale University

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security, Innovation, Productivity

Mahama, George

• Start Date: 2012
• End Date: 2014
• University: Kansas State University
• Degree: PhD

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

Extension of Appropriate Postharvest Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Postharvest Training and Services Center

This unique pilot project combines a wide variety of training programs, adaptive research and demonstrations of postharvest services. It provides access to needed tools and supplies […]

• Start Date: 2011/10/01
• End Date: 2013/10/01
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: University of California - Davis

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

Yahaya, Iddrisu

• Start Date: 2011/09/11
• End Date: 2014
• University: Kansas State University
• Degree: PhD

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Capacity Building

Sustainable Technology for Orange and Purple Sweetpotato (STOPS) in Ghana

Using the gap and decision analysis tools, this project proposes to strengthen the value chain in three sweet potato growing regions in Ghana to improve food […]

• Start Date: 2011
• End Date: October 2014
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Tuskegee University

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Innovation

Amoah, Tiwaah

• Start Date: 2010/09/01
• End Date: 2012/07/01
• University: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
• Degree: MS

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

Obeng, Philomena

• Start Date: 2010/09/01
• End Date: 2012/07/01
• University: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
• Degree: MS

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