Universities Purdue University : CRSPs

Development and Enhancement of Sorghum Germplasm with Sustained Tolerance to Biotic and Abiotic Stress

This project sought to enhance sorghum germplasm’s resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses.

Start Date: 2002
End Date: 2007
Project Code: PRF-207
Lead University: Purdue University

Region: Global
Topic: Innovation

CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Chemical and Physical Aspects of Food and Nutritional Quality of Sorghum and Millet

This project focused on improvement of nutritional and grain quality of sorghum and millet, and their processing to competitive products for the West Africa Sahelian marketplace.The […]

Start Date: 2002
End Date: 2007
Project Code: PRF-212
Lead University: Purdue University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Markets

CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Strengthening the Cowpea ”Value-Chain” in West Africa: Determination of the Demand and Market Opportunities for Cowpea Grain and Processed Products in West Africa

This component of the Bean/Cowpea CRSP focuses on marketing and trade research with the aim of identifying new market opportunities for cowpea grain and processed products […]

Start Date: 2002
End Date: 2007
Project Code: WA1-A1
Lead University: Purdue University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Markets

CRSP: Bean/Cowpea

Database: Project

Molecular Genetic Improvement of Cowpeas for Growers and Consumers

Coming soon

Start Date: 2002
End Date: 2007
Project Code: WA5-A1
Lead University: Purdue University

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

CRSP: Bean/Cowpea

Database: Project

Toward a Comprehensive Resistance Management Plan for Bt Transformed Cowpeas to Control Maruca vitrata in West Africa

A potential problem facing Bt cowpeas is that cowpeas evolved and were domesticated as a crop in central Africa. Wild relatives of cultivated cowpeas persist in […]

Start Date: 2002
End Date: 2007
Project Code: WA5-A2
Lead University: Purdue University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Innovation

CRSP: Bean/Cowpea

Database: Project

Market Assessment of Bean and Cowpea Grain and Processed Value-Added Products, and Determination of Both Constraints to and Potential for Growth of Markets in the ESA Region

Most of the bean and cowpea research by the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP), National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS), and the International Agricultural Research Centers […]