Product and Market Development for Sorghum and Millet in Southern Africa and Central America

This project is integrated with food science, plant improvement, and marketing projects in East Africa, West Africa and Central America to improve components of the supply […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012
• Project Code: TAM 103
• Lead University: Texas A&M University

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

Breeding Sorghum for Improved Resistance to Striga and Drought in Africa

The goal of research in this project is to develop, deploy, and promote the use of second generation sorghum cultivars with drought and Striga resistance using […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012
• Project Code: PRF 101
• Lead University: Purdue University

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Innovation

Crop, Soil and Water management to optimize Grain Yield and Quality for Value- Added Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa

The goal of this project is to improve food security and market development of sorghum and pearl millet in ESA through research, institutional capacity building and […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012
• Project Code: UNL 101
• Lead University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Natural Resource Management, Productivity

Grain Molds, Mycotoxins and Stalk Rots of Sorghum and Millet

Fusarium diseases that cause grain mold and stalk rot of sorghum and millet are the most important, but as yet unmanaged diseases, of these crops on […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012
• Project Code: KSU 101
• Lead University: Kansas State University

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security

Development of the Input and Product Markets in West Africa for Sorghum and Millet

Over the next two years the focus will be on documenting the technology-marketing project effects and scaling them up principally in Mali and Niger. The project […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012
• Project Code: PRF 103
• Lead University: Purdue University

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets

Product and Market Development for Sorghum and Pearl Millet in West Africa

The principal goal of this project is to expand markets in West Africa for sorghum and millet through working with NARS scientists/technologists on processing of the […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012
• Project Code: PRF 102
• Lead University: Purdue University

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets

Market Development in Support of Sorghum and Millet Farmers in Tanzania and Zambia

Improving the income and food security of small-scale sorghum and millet farmers in Zambia and Tanzania through the identification of new market opportunities and related constraints […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012
• Project Code: OSU 101
• Lead University: Ohio State University

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets

Building a Sustainable Infrastructure for the Product Development and Food Entrepreneur/ Industry Technical Support: A Strategy to promote increased use of Sorghum and Millet in East Africa

Sorghum and millet are ideal crops for many parts of Africa. Maize, however, is favored by many as a food source; farmers thus grow Maize even […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012
• Project Code: UNL 102
• Lead University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets, Productivity

Boswell, Sara

• Start Date: 2008/01/01
• End Date: 2009/12/31
• University: Texas A&M University
• Degree: MS

• Region: US and Canada
• Topic: Innovation

Cholewinski, Jennifer

• Start Date: 2008/01/01
• End Date: 2010/12/31
• University: Purdue University
• Degree: MS

• Region: US and Canada
• Topic: Innovation