Countries Ghana : CRSPs

Aflatoxin financial and health risks along the peanut marketing chain in Ghana

Staples such as maize and groundnut are contaminated with levels of AF that far exceed those considered safe by the World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization. […]

Start Date: 2008/01/01
End Date: 2012
Project Code: AUB163
Lead University: Auburn University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Health and Nutrition

CRSP: Peanut

Database: Project

Integrated Soil, Water, Nutrient and Crop Management Strategies for Improving Productivity in Sorghum and Millet Based Cropping Systems

The goal of this project is to improve and intensify cropping systems to help transform sorghum and millet from subsistence to cash crop status, generate more […]

Start Date: 2008
End Date: 2012
Project Code: KSU 104
Lead University: Kansas State University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Natural Resource Management, Productivity

CRSP: Sorghum, Millet, and Other Grains (SMOG / INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Developing Supply Chain and Group Marketing Systems for Fish Farmers in Ghana and Kenya

Part of the AquaFish Project: Improving Competitiveness of African Aquaculture Through Capacity Building, Improved Technology, and Management of Supply Chain and Natural Resources

Start Date: 2007
End Date: 2009
Project Code: 07MER02PU
Lead University: Purdue University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Markets

CRSP: AquaFish Phase I

Database: Project

Characterization of Pond Effluents and Biological and Physiochemical Assessment of Receiving Waters in Ghana

Part of the AquaFish Project: Improving Competitiveness of African Aquaculture Through Capacity Building, Improved Technology, and Management of Supply Chain and Natural Resources

Start Date: 2007
End Date: 2009
Project Code: 07WIZ01PU
Lead University: Purdue University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Natural Resource Management

CRSP: AquaFish Phase I

Database: Project

Improving Competitiveness of African Aquaculture through Capacity Building, Improved Technology, and Management of Supply Chain and Natural Resources

The overall goal of this continuation project is to develop physical and human capacity for the aquaculture industry in sub-Sahara Africa through new and better technology […]

Start Date: 2007
End Date: 2013/03/31
Project Code: Not Available
Lead University: Purdue University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Capacity Building, Innovation

CRSP: AquaFish Phase I

Database: Project

Understanding and Improving Financial Access for the Poor

This project sought to improve access for the poor by identifying which mechanisms create incomplete access and which innovations are effective at expanding access. Lastly, this […]

Start Date: 2007
End Date: 2012
Project Code: Not Available
Lead University: Yale University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Markets

CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)

Database: Project

Understanding the Impact of Idiosyncratic Shocks on Farm Productivity and Household Assets in Ethiopia, Ghana and Bangladesh

New evidence that idiosyncratic risk dominates covariate risk in rural Africa and Asia indicates the potential contribution of improved local risk management to household asset accumulation, […]