CRSP Dry Grain Pulses (Pulse) : CRSPs

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

Development, Testing and Dissemination of Genetically Improved Bean Cultivars for Central America, the Caribbean and Angola

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important source of protein for low income families in Central America, the Caribbean and Angola. Increased or more stable […]

Start Date: 2008
End Date: 2012/12/31
Project Code: UPR-1
Lead University: University of Puerto Rico

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

CRSP: Dry Grain Pulses (Pulse)

Database: Project

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

CRSP: Dry Grain Pulses (Pulse)

Database: Project

Expanding Pulse Supply and Demand in Africa and Latin America: Identifying Constraints and New Strategies

Angola: Common beans and cowpeas are important crops for smallholder farmers in Angola, with approximately 36% of households in a recent survey indicating that common beans […]

Start Date: 2008
End Date: 2012/12/31
Project Code: MSU-2
Lead University: Michigan State University

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

CRSP: Dry Grain Pulses (Pulse)

Database: Project

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 […]