Effects of Peanut Consumption on Hunger, Ingestive Behavior, Energy Expenditure and Coronary Heart Disease Risk
Worldwide there are problems of both hunger (primarily in developing nations) and overindulgence (mostly in western populations, but also present among the affluent of developing countries). […]
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/02
- Project Code: PUR10U
- Lead University: Purdue University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
Development and Transfer of Peanut Processing Technologies in Bulgaria
Major yield losses frequently occur in peanut (30 to 50%) in South America and the Oceania countries of Southeast Asia. Losses are often due to severe […]
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: UGA11U
- Lead University: University of Georgia
- Region: Europe and Eurasia
- Topic: Capacity Building
Simulation of Peanut Cropping Systems to Improve Production Efficiency and Enhance Natural Resource Management
Small-holder peanut farmers are under increasing pressure to increase peanut production, in the face of increasing constraints of limited natural resources and increasing degradation of their […]
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: UFL13P
- Lead University: University of Florida
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Productivity
Collection, Preservation, and Utilization of Wild Arachis Germplasm from South America
The Peanut CRSP has identified the need for shorter crop duration of peanut under production efficiency, item 5, “Genetic resource conservation, particularly for wild species, and […]
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2004/07/31
- Project Code: TAM14P
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Productivity
Development and Use of Multiple-Pest Resistance to Improve Production Efficiency of Peanut
Major yield losses frequently occur in peanut (30 to 50%) in South America and the Oceania countries of Southeast Asia. Losses are often due to severe […]
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: UFL16P
- Lead University: University of Florida
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Productivity
Breeding Peanut for Better Productivity and Quality
Peanut is an important source of income for small farmers in Sahelian Africa. Peanut varieties with stable productivity, appealing product quality, and low aflatoxin contamination are […]
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: TAM17P
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Productivity
Improved Production Efficiency through Standardized, Integrated, and Enhanced Research and Technology
Foliar diseases and pests are responsible for significant yield losses in the Guinean and Sudanian zones of West Africa and the higher rainfall areas of Southern […]
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: NCS19P
- Lead University: North Carolina State University
- Region: Europe and Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Productivity
Utilizing Arachis Species for Peanut Improvement
Coming soon
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2001/07/31
- Project Code: NCS20P
- Lead University: North Carolina State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Productivity
Systems Research to Assess Risk of Preharvest Aflatoxin Contamination and to Develop Technologies to Reduce Aflatoxin Contamination of Peanut
Aflatoxin contamination reduces peanut quality and value, and may adversely affect the health of consumers, both human and livestock. In human health, aflatoxin consumption may cause […]
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: UGA22A
- Lead University: University of Georgia
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Health and Nutrition
Development of Appropriate Technology for New and Improved Weaning Foods and Aflatoxin Detoxification in Peanuts
There is a lack of safe and adequate weaning foods at low cost in Ghana and other parts of West Africa. There is also inadequate use […]
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2007/04/27
- Project Code: ALA26U
- Lead University: Alabama A&M University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Health and Nutrition
