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Response of peanut to fungicide and phosphorus in on-station and on-farm tests in Ghana

Abstract: Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an important component of cropping systems in West Africa. Identifying production constraints in farmers’ fields and evaluating possible management strategies […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): J.B. Naab; P. V. V. Prasad; K. J. Boote; J. W. Jones
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Risks of ingestion of aflatoxin-contaminated groundnuts in Benin: scale measurements, beliefs, and socioeconomic factors

Abstract: This study evaluates farmers’ beliefs and perceived risks of aflatoxin (AF) on the consumption, production, and marketing of groundnuts. A survey was conducted with 181 […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): C.M. Jolly; B. Bayard; S. Vodouhe
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Aflatoxin free Peanut-based Recovery and Functional Food

The goal is to develop an intervention food that will easily be distributed among malnourished and vulnerable people. The product is a peanut based highly nutritious […]

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Improved West African peanut production for enhanced health and socioeconomic status through the delivery of research-based production systems in Ghana

The overall goal is more efficient peanut production. In the U.S. this equates to maintaining yields while reducing inputs. This has been attained in recent years […]

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Improving the health and livelihood of people of East Africa by addressing aflatoxin and gender-related constraints in peanut production, processing and marketing

This project links science directly to pressing development challenges. It increases food security and nutritional value for families producing one of Africa’s key crops, peanut. Building […]

  • Start Date: 2008/01/01
  • End Date: 2012
  • Project Code: VT134
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Strategies for Controlling Groundnut Rosette Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: Breeding for Disease Resistance, Seed Dissemination, Disease Management Education, and Generation of Transgenic Groundnut with Resistance to Groundnut Rosette Disease

The goals of the project are to develop and disseminate highly desirable groundnut cultivars with resistance to groundnut rosette disease (GRD) and drought tolerance to groundnut […]

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Overcoming Abiotic and Biotic Constraints to Yield, and Production of High-Quality Peanuts in West Africa and Texas

A successful outcome will result in being able to develop peanut varieties that are higher in quality and oil content, are tolerant to drought and foliar […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Association of Aflatoxin Biomarker Levels with Health Status and HIV Disease

Although large proportions of people worldwide are affected by HIV infection and aflatoxin exposure, there has been no investigation/documentation of the role of aflatoxin in immune […]

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