Farmer Decision Making Strategies for Improved Soil Fertility Management in Maize-Bean Production Systems

TBD

• Start Date: 2013
• End Date: N.D.
• Project Code: S02.1–ISU
• Lead University: Iowa State University

• Region: Global
• Topic: Productivity

Simone, Timeteo

• Start Date: 2012/08/01
• End Date: 2014/07/31
• University: University of Tennessee
• Degree: MS

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

Cuvaca, Ivan

• Start Date: 2012/08/01
• End Date: 2014/07/31
• University: University of Tennessee
• Degree: MS

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

Maria, Ricardo

• Start Date: 2010/10/02
• End Date: N.D.
• University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• Degree: PhD

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Innovation

Savings, Subsidies and Sustainable Food Security: A Field Experiment in Mozambique

Several sub-Saharan African countries have implemented large-scale fertilizer subsidy programs in an attempt to boost the productivity and food security of small farmers. With the recent […]

• Start Date: September 2009
• End Date: April 2012
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: University of Michigan

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

Gungulo, Ana Lidia

• Start Date: 2009/02/01
• End Date: 2011/12/01
• University: University of Pretoria
• Degree: MS

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets

LTRA-9: Developing sustainable CAPS for smallholder farmers in Southern Africa

Subsistence farmers across Southern Africa struggle with food security and often address the shortfall by plowing more land. This approach usually results in fewer crops due […]

• Start Date: 2009
• End Date: 2014
• Project Code: LTRA-9
• Lead University: University of Tennessee

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Climate Change, Gender, Natural Resource Management

Improving Bean Production in Drought-Prone, Low Fertility Soils of Africa and Latin America

Drought and low soil fertility are principal, pervasive constraints to bean production in Latin America and Africa. The vast majority of bean producers in poor countries […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012/12/31
• Project Code: PSU-1
• Lead University: Penn State University

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

Ecological-Based Management of Sorghum and Pearl Millet Insect Pests in Africa and the United States

Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor, and pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum, are uniquely suited for production with limited inputs of water, fertilizer, and pesticides in Africa and the U.S. […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012
• Project Code: WTAMU 101
• Lead University: West Texas A&M University

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

Breeding Sorghum for Improved Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses and Enhanced End

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is grown in Africa primarily as a subsistence food crop by small-holder farmers. Uniquely adapted to many indigenous cropping systems sorghum […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012
• Project Code: TAM 102
• Lead University: Not Available

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Innovation