Rukundo, Ephrem

• Start Date: 2012/01/10
• End Date: 2015/01/06
• University: University of California - Davis
• Degree: PhD

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

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

Seed Systems: Improving seed quality for smallholders

Building on an Immediate Impact Project, New Technology for Postharvest Drying and Storage of Horticultural Seeds, this project seeks to improve the ability of smallholders to […]

• Start Date: 2011/10/01
• End Date: 2014/07/01
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: University of California - Davis

• Region: Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Innovation, Productivity

Nyirahakizimana, Helene

• Start Date: 2011/08/09
• End Date: 2011/12/11
• University: Moi University
• Degree: MS

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

Bisangwa, Eric

• Start Date: 2011/08/01
• End Date: 2013/05/31
• University: University of Tennessee
• Degree: MS

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

Enhancing biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) of leguminous crops grown on degraded soils in Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania

Common beans are the most important legume crop in Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania occupying a very large proportion of land devoted to legumes. For example, over […]

• Start Date: 2010
• End Date: 2012/12/31
• Project Code: ISU-2
• Lead University: Iowa State University

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Productivity

Mukeshimana, Gerardine

• Start Date: 2008/08/01
• End Date: 2011/08/01
• University: Michigan State University
• Degree: PhD

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

Syanobe, Cyrille

• Start Date: 2008/08/01
• End Date: N.D.
• University: Makerere University
• Degree: MS

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

Enhancing Nutritional Value and Marketability of Beans through Research and Strengthening Key Value Chain Stakeholders in Uganda and Rwanda

Agriculture in East Africa is characterized by women and men working in small scale, rainfed production, averaging 2 hectares per household (FAO 2006). Erratic bimodal rainfall […]

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

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

Combining Conventional, Molecular and Farmer Participatory Breeding Approaches to Improve Andean Beans for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Ecuador and Rwanda

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important grain legume (pulse) consumed in Ecuador, and the most important protein source in Rwandan diets. Around 120,000 […]

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

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