Projects

Timor-Leste Agricultural Rehabilitation, Economic Growth and Natural Resource Management

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Aflatoxin impacts on immune system

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Reducing Poverty in Post-Reform Economies

This project investigated how post-liberalization financial markets in Peru and Mexico promoted efficient resource use and asset accumulation by the rural poor.

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NJORO-WATER : Water and Sanitation-Related Conditions and Disease Burdens in the River Njoro

Water and sanitation-related diseases in the River Njoro watershed, particularly diarrhea, pose a development burden on poor rural agricultural households with implications for water supply planning, […]

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SUMAWA : Multidisciplinary Research for Sustainable Management of Rural Watersheds: the River Njoro, Kenya

The SUMAWA project is a multidisciplinary research effort focusing on biophysical, livestock and human-related factors governing watershed processes for the purpose of improving long-term sustainability of […]

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Agroecology and Biotechnology of Stalk Rot Pathogens of Sorghum and Millet

The analysis of Fusarium toxins as a complement to aflatoxin analyses in maize and sorghum is critical to the production of food quality grains and thus […]

Enhancing the Utilization of Grain sorghum and through the Improvement of Grain Quality via Genetic and Nutritional Research

This project sought to enhance the utilization of grain sorghum and pearl millet through the improvement of grain yield and quality via genetic and nutrition research. […]

Low Input Ecologically Defined Management Strategies for Insect Pests on Sorghum

This project sought to develop the integrated pest management techniques to reduce the impact of pests for sorghum growers in Central America.

Striga Biotechnology Development and Technology Transfer

This project sought to better understand the biology of interaction between the Striga and the host improve Striga resistance in sorghum.

  • Start Date: 2002
  • End Date: 2007
  • Project Code: PRF-213
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Sustainable Management of Insect Pests

The project is supporting graduate student research on determining causes of stored sorghum grain to maize weevils, relating amount and time of phytochrome to daily times […]