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
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
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
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
Control Strategies for Peanut Viruses: Transgenic Resistance, Natural Resistance, and Virus Variability
Viruses of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) cause significant losses worldwide in dietary protein, cooking oil and sources of revenue. The dietary and financial significance is especially true […]
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: UGA28P
- Lead University: University of Georgia
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
Production Efficiency and Market Development of Peanuts and Peanut Products for Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Jamaica
Peanut is an important secondary crop grown throughout most of the rural portions of Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica. However, little effort has gone into improving […]
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: AUB30S
- Lead University: Auburn University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Productivity
Development of Spicy Meat Analogs and Technology Transfer of Value-added Products from Peanuts
In the US, there is a need for new value-added peanut products to increase human consumption and enhance the viability and stability of the peanut industry. […]
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: NCA32U
- Lead University: North Carolina A&T State University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security