Senegal

Breeding Peanut for Better Productivity and Quality

Peanut is an important source of income for small farmers in Sahelian Africa. Peanut varieties with stable productivity, appealing product quality, and low aflatoxin contamination are […]

  • Start Date: 1996/08/01
  • End Date: 2007/10/31
  • Project Code: TAM17P
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Development of Spicy Meat Analogs and Technology Transfer of Value-added Products from Peanuts

In the US, there is a need for new value-added peanut products to increase human consumption and enhance the viability and stability of the peanut industry. […]

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Analysis of Response of Peanut Production in French West Africa: Policy Implications of Currency Devaluation

Despite the importance of peanuts within the countries and cultures of West Africa, little research has been undertaken to understand the socioeconomic underpinnings of peanut production. […]

  • Start Date: 1996/08/01
  • End Date: 2007/10/31
  • Project Code: VT09S
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Sidibe, Mamadou

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  • Start Date: 1994/01/01
  • End Date: 1999/12/31
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  • Degree: PhD

Breeding Pearl Millet for Stability Performance Using Tropical Germplasm

This project focused on developing parental material of higher yielding ability that can be used in collaborative breeding programs in developing countries, and to develop new […]

Breeding Sorghum for Stability of Performance Using Tropical Germplasm

A principal aim of this project is to introduce and utilize newly bred high yielding tropical food quality sorghums which have so far not been widely […]

Agroecology and Biotechnology in Stalk Rot Pathogens of Sorghum and Millet

This project focused on identifying diverse fungal strains that attack sorghum and millet in Africa.

Cisse, N’Diaga

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  • Start Date: 1991/01/01
  • End Date: 1995/12/31
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  • Degree: PhD

Breeding Pearl Millet for Developing Countries

The principal objectives of this project are to supply collaborating scientists at LDC locations with both useful genetic material and information on how best to select […]

Pearl Millet Breeding

Through collaboration with partners this project focused on improving drought tolerance, seed size and density, seedling stand establishment, lodging resistance, and grain yield of pearl millet.