Expanding Pulse Supply and Demand in Africa and Latin America: Identifying Constraints and New Strategies
Angola: Common beans and cowpeas are important crops for smallholder farmers in Angola, with approximately 36% of households in a recent survey indicating that common beans […]
- Start Date: 2008
- End Date: 2012/12/31
- Project Code: MSU-2
- Lead University: Michigan State University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Dry Grain Pulses (Pulse)
Database: Project
Improving Bean Production in Drought-Prone, Low Fertility Soils of Africa and Latin America
Drought and low soil fertility are principal, pervasive constraints to bean production in Latin America and Africa. The vast majority of bean producers in poor countries […]
- Start Date: 2008
- End Date: 2012/12/31
- Project Code: PSU-1
- Lead University: Penn State University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Productivity
CRSP: Dry Grain Pulses (Pulse)
Database: Project
Development, Testing and Dissemination of Genetically Improved Bean Cultivars for Central America, the Caribbean and Angola
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important source of protein for low income families in Central America, the Caribbean and Angola. Increased or more stable […]
- Start Date: 2008
- End Date: 2012/12/31
- Project Code: UPR-1
- Lead University: University of Puerto Rico
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Productivity
CRSP: Dry Grain Pulses (Pulse)
Database: Project
Enhancing the Utilization and Marketability of Sorghum and Pearl Millet through Improvement in Grain Quality, Processing Procedures and Technology Transfer to the Poultry Industry
The strategy for this project thus far has been to assemble a team of U.S. and host country collaborators to focus on educational programs, promotional programs, […]
- Start Date: 2008
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: KSU 102
- Lead University: Kansas State University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Sorghum, Millet, and Other Grains (SMOG / INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Breeding Sorghum for Improved Grain, Forage Quality and Yield for Central America
Sorghum is an important feed grain, food grain and forage in Central America. In this region it is produced by a range of groups, from subsistence […]
- Start Date: 2008
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: TAM 101
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Innovation, Productivity
CRSP: Sorghum, Millet, and Other Grains (SMOG / INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
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
CRSP: Sorghum, Millet, and Other Grains (SMOG / INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Contracting Out of Poverty in Peru: Some Experimental Approaches
The research aims to help in the design of new institutional mechanisms that will favor the inclusion of smallholders and link them to dynamic markets through […]
- Start Date: 2008
- End Date: 2011
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Berkeley
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Aguilar Macias, Oscar Leonel
Country of Origin: Mexico- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2011/11/01
- University: Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa-Culiacan
- Degree: MS
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
CRSP: AquaFish Phase I
Database: Training
Castro-Vasconcelos, Clemente Carlos
Country of Origin: Mexico- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2011/11/01
- University: Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, Mexico
- Degree: BS
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
CRSP: AquaFish Phase I
Database: Training
Contreras-Garcia, Maria de Jesus
Country of Origin: Mexico- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2009/12/01
- University: Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, Mexico
- Degree: MS
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
CRSP: AquaFish Phase I
Database: Training