Improving livelihoods of farm households in peanut based farming systems in East Africa
The overall purpose of the University of Connecticut-Peanut CRSP effort is to improve understanding of the farm level economics of peanut production and marketing in Uganda […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: UCN139
- Lead University: University of Connecticut
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
Development of Methods for Establishing a Global Network for Aflatoxin Exposure
The long-term goal of this project is to enable and establish a global network for assessment of aflatoxin (AF) exposure in high-risk populations and to investigate […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: UGA145
- Lead University: University of Georgia
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
Enterosorbent intervention therapies for populations at risk for Aflatoxin related diseases
Aflatoxins (AFs) are harmful by-products of mold growth that can be fatal to humans and animals. The problem is longstanding, unavoidable and seemingly inextricable. A recent […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: TAM149
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
Breeding Peanut for Disease Resistance Valuable to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States
The project seeks to develop rust and leaf spot resistant germplasm and cultivars and deploy the germplasm and cultivars throughout the Caribbean and the Americas where […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: UF150
- Lead University: University of Florida
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, US and Canada
- Topic: Productivity
Peanut consumption and human weight management
The goals of this project are to extend the work conducted during previous cycles of support through the Peanut CRSP. We have demonstrated that peanuts pose […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: PUR151
- Lead University: Purdue University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
The Development of the Peanut Sector for Guyana and Selected Caribbean Countries
The goal of this project is to address the limitations in peanut production in Guyana and selected Caribbean countries. In Guyana, the goal in the Rupununi […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: UF155
- Lead University: University of Florida
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Markets
Systems Approaches to Enhance Peanut Production under Resource Limitation
The goal of this project is to conduct field research on resource limitations to peanut production in Ghana and Burkina Faso, and to test new technologies […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: UF157
- Lead University: University of Florida
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Productivity
Innovative Procedures to Protect Therapeutic Foods from Aflatoxins in Developing Nations
At the completion of this project we will have the information we need to implement and evaluate educational and food preparation procedures which remove aflatoxin as […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: COR158
- Lead University: Cornell University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Health and Nutrition, Innovation
Adaptation of Transgenic Peanuts with Resistance Against Aflatoxin for Production in West Africa
Peanut is a dietary staple in much of West Africa, and is also an important cash crop. Production is limited by disease and insects. Further, access […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: NCS160
- Lead University: North Carolina State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
Aflatoxin financial and health risks along the peanut marketing chain in Ghana
Staples such as maize and groundnut are contaminated with levels of AF that far exceed those considered safe by the World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization. […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: AUB163
- Lead University: Auburn University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
