Strategic Investment in Rapid Technology Dissemination: Commercialization of Disease Resistant Bean Varieties in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Haiti (BTD)

The Bean Technology Dissemination (BTD) project addresses the shortage of high-quality bean seed available to resource-poor farmers in Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. The objectives of […]

• Start Date: 2010/10/01
• End Date: 2013/09/28
• Project Code: BTD
• Lead University: Michigan State University

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Markets, Productivity

Inventory of Bean Varietal Releases in Developing Countries Made Possible Through Support from the Bean/Cowpea or Pulse CRSP, 1980?2010

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• Date of Publication: 2010
• Author(s): N. Jamora; M. Maredia
• Type of Document: Project Document

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, US and Canada
• Topic: Food Security, Productivity

Impact assessment of Bean/Cowpea and Dry Grain Pulses CRSP investments in research, institutional capacity building, and technology dissemination in Africa, Latin America and the U.S.

Impact assessments are widely recognized to perform two functions–accountability and learning. Greater accountability (and strategic validation) is seen as a prerequisite for continued support for development […]

• Start Date: 2010
• End Date: 2012/12/31
• Project Code: MSU-4
• Lead University: Michigan State University

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, US and Canada
• Topic: Capacity Building

Inventory of Cowpea Varietal Releases in Developing Countries Made Possible Through Support from the Bean/Cowpea or Pulse CRSP, 1986?2010

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• Date of Publication: 2010
• Author(s): N. Jamora; M. Maredia
• Type of Document: Project Document

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, US and Canada
• Topic: Food Security, Productivity

Caracterizacion molecular de accesiones cultivadas y silvestres de frijol comun de Honduras

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• Date of Publication: 2010
• Author(s): MS Guachambala; JC Rosas
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Innovation

Seleccion de genotipos de frijol comun por su resistencia al tizon bacteriano

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• Date of Publication: 2010
• Author(s): O. Rodriguez; J.C. Rosas
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Innovation

Will nutrient-efficient genotypes mine the soil? Effects of genetic differences in root architecture in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris, L.) on soil phosphorus depletion in a low-input agro-ecosystem in Central America

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• Date of Publication: 2010
• Author(s): A Henry; NF Chaves; PJA Kleinman; JP Lynch
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Natural Resource Management

Hooper, Sharon

• Start Date: 2009/08/01
• End Date: 2012/08/01
• University: Michigan State University
• Degree: PhD

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Food Security, Innovation

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

Control y caracterizacion de aislamientos de Colletotrichum lindemuthianum de Ecuador y Guatemala

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• Date of Publication: 2008
• Author(s): H. Awale; E. Falconi; J. C. Villatoro; J.D. Kelly
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Food Security