Social Science in INTSORMIL’s Attack on Hunger in Sudan
Chapter 3 of the book The Social sciences in international agricultural research: lessons from the CRSPs.
- Date of Publication: 1989
- Author(s): C. Milton Coughenour; Edward B. Reeves
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Health and Nutrition
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Publication
Development of Control Programs for Millet and Sorghum Diseases in Semiarid Southern Africa
This project did an evaluation of the cross pathogenicity and virulence of both Exserohilun turcicum and Ranumlispora soighi Macrophominaphaseolina collected from diverse hosts in Southern African […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: TAM-128
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Seedling Vigor and Stand Establishment of Pearl Millet
Seed from two pearl millet hybrids, one a large seeded hybrid and the other a small seeded hybrid, were separated into size category and tested under […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: KSU-106
- Lead University: Kansas State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa, US and Canada
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Breeding Sorghum Varieties and Hybrids with Improved Grain Quality, Drought Resistance and Striga Resistance
To strengthen sorghum research capabilities of collaborating scientists in less developed countries, thereby accelerating the rate at which the production and utilization of sorghum is enhanced. […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: PRF-107
- Lead University: Purdue University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Botswana Agronomic Research
This projects’ goals include: Improve and stabilize rainfed sorghum and millet crop yields by studies of sustainable systems for improving rain and soil-water use efficiency through […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: KSU-107
- Lead University: Kansas State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Agronomy and Cropping Systems
This project focused on determining the water use efficiency of grain sorghum and pearl millet following soybeans in rotation. Study the ”rotational effect” in grain sorghum-soybeans […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: NU-113
- Lead University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Mineral Uptake and Utilization in Sorghum and Pearl Millet
Experiments were conducted in Mali and Niger to determine nitrogen response of sorghums and pearl millets in several locations.
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: NU-114
- Lead University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Mechanisms of Drought and High Temperature Resistance in Sorghum and Pearl Millet
This project sought to understand the basic physiological factors involved in plant stress resistance and susceptibility.
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: NU-123
- Lead University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
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.
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: KSU-101
- Lead University: Kansas State University
- Region: Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, US and Canada
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Sorghum Breeding and Management of Insect, Disease, and Acid Soil Problems
This project addresses, through breeding, three major production limiting constraints of the acid soil complex; phytotoxic levels of aluminum and manganese, and low phosphorous availability. In […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: MSU-104
- Lead University: Mississippi State University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
