The Fund for the Improvement and Adoption of African Crops (FIAAC)

FIAAC funds crop breeding in Africa to improve African crop varieties and promote their distribution and adoption by small holder farmers.  The program aims to develop 200 new improved crop varieties in five years. 

Funded research projects

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• Participatory development and selection of acceptable high yielding bean genotypes. Annette Namayanja, National Agricultural Research Organization, Grant No: 2007 PASS 043

• To exploit the use of Information Communication Technologies to provide a platform for disseminating scientific information on agricultural research, products, technologies and policy for the improvement of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.  Musa N. Omare, Forum for Organic Resources Management and Agricultural Technologies, Grant No: 2008 PASS 024

• Development, promotion and maintenance of improved maize varieties for the dry and humid regions of Kenya. James Gichuru Gethi, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Grant No: 2007 PASS 042

• Development of unique maize source germplasm for African ecosystems, John Derera, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Grant No: 2007 PASS 029

• Maize Streak Virus resistant maize for mid and high altitude agro-ecologies of Uganda, Grace Abalo, Victoria Seeds Limited, Grant No: 2007 PASS 023

•  Development of maize varieties for the Guinea and Sudan Savanna zones of Ghana, Mashark Seidu abdulai, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Grant No: 2008 PASS 002

•  Improving farmer-preferred cowpea varieties through introgression of genes for flower thrips and cercospora leaf spot resistance, Hans K. adu-dapaah, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Crops Research Institute, Grant No: 2008 PASS 041

• Improvement of farmer-preferred cassava landraces through introgression of genes for ACMV resistance and high dry matter for food and other uses, Joe Manu aduening, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Crops Research Institute, Grant No: 2008 PASS 003

• Breeding for beta-carotene-rich-drought tolerant sweet potato for the drought prone areas of Mozambique, Maria Isabel andrade, International Potato Center, Grant No: 2007 PASS 026

• Strengthening of Resistance in Segregating Cowpea Materials to Cowpea Aphid Borne Mosaic Virus and Yield for sustainable Household Food Security and Incomes in northern and eastern Uganda, Thomas E Emeetai areke, National Agricultural Research Organization, Grant No: 2007 PASS 013

• The African Centre for Crop Improvement Phase 2: Building on the Initial Vision, Ahmed Bawa, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Grant No: 2007 PASS 022

• Cassava Variety Development and Adoption in Malawi, Ibrahim R.M. Benesi, Ministry of Agriculture & Food Security, Grant No: 2007 PASS 002

• Development of High Yielding Interspecific Rice Varieties with Tolerance to Drought and Adaptability to the Different Rice Ecosystems in Mali, Fousseyni Cisse, Institute of Rural Economy, Grant No: 2007 PASS 006

• Development of Hybrids for Intensification of Maize Production in Mali, NTji Coulibaly, Institute of Rural Economy, Grant No: 2007 PASS 012

• Guinea-Race Sorghum Hybrids: Bringing the Benefits of Hybrid Technology to a Staple Crop of Sub-saharan Africa, Abdoulaye Gaoussou Diallo, Institute of Rural Economy, Grant No: 2007 PASS 008

• Breeding for high yielding stable drought tolerance and provision of quality seeds of rice for poor resources farmers in Nigeria, Andrew A. Efisue, Ebonyi State University, Grant No: 2007 PASS 040

• Development of hybrid maize varieties for the forest and forest-transition zones of Ghana, Manfred B. Ewool, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Crops Research Institute, Grant No: 2008 PASS 004

• Improvement of irrigation facilities at KARI Katumani, James Gichuru Gethi, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Grant No: 2008 PASS 016

• Participatory wheat variety selection, adoption and seed multiplication and dissemination for low and high moisture stress areas of Ethiopia, Bedada Girma, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Grant No: 2008 PASS 015

• Maize breeding for improved phosphorous acquisition efficiency, tolerance to aluminium toxicity and foliar diseases in acid soils of Kenya, Samuel Gudu, Moi University, Grant No: 2007 PASS 033

• Breeding hybrid sorghum for improved productivity and resistance to biotic and a-biotic stresses, Erenso Degu Gutema, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Grant No: 2008 PASS 014

• Participatory development of groundnut varieties with resistances to major diseases and pests with desirable market attributes, David Okello Kalule, National Agricultural Research Organisation, Grant No: 2008 PASS 013

• Developing Early Bulking Cassava Varieties with Acceptable Agronomic and End-User Preferences, Joseph Kamau, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Grant No: 2007 PASS 001

• Improvement of bruchid resistance, yield potential and farmer preferred traits in beans for smallholder farmers in Malawi, Geoffrey Kananji, Ministry of Agriculture & Food Security, Grant No: 2008 PASS 047

• Development of sweet potato varieties in Central Rift of Kenya through farmer participatory approach, Laura Karanja, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Grant No: 2007 PASS 024

• Development of Sorghum Hybrids and Hybrid Seed Delivery system to Promote Adoption in Small Holder Farming Communities in Semi-Arid Kenya, Clement Kamau Karari, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Grant No: 2007 PASS 010

• Gene pyramiding for the development of new maize hybrids resistant to diseases and pests, KARI, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Grant No: 42

• Participatory development and transfer of high yielding maize varieties in Burkina Faso to improve food security and increase farmers' incomes, Gnissa Konate, Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Grant No: 2008 PASS 067

• Developing and Disseminating Improved Maize Varieties in Tanzania for Food Security and Improved Household Income, Catherine Kuwite, Division of Research and Training, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Grant No: 2007 PASS 004

• Breeding for Anthracnose (Colletotrichum Lindemuthianum) Disease Resistance in Uganda's Market Class Dry Beans: Advancement of Segregating Materials through Pedigree Selection, Dennis T Kyetere, National Agricultural Research Organisation, Grant No: 2007 PASS 007

• Rice variety development and adoption in Mozambique, Marcos Langa, Instituto de Investigação Agrária de Moçambique, Grant No: 2008 PASS 043

• Towards Improvement and Adoption of African Crops: Development, Production, Testing, Distribution and Promotion of Tanzanian Experimental Hybrid Maize Cultivars, Nick L. Lyimo, Division of Research and Training, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Grant No: 2007 PASS 003

• Development and deployment of maize varieties with resistance to  downy mildew and maize streak virus in Mozambique, David Mariote, Instituto de Investigação Agrária de Moçambique,  Grant No: 2008 PASS 031

• Breeding maize for high yield potential and tolerance to drought and low nitrogen stress in Zambia, Francisco Miti, Seed Control and Certification Institute, Grant No: 2008 PASS 017

• Farmer Participatory Improvement of Cassava Germplasm for Farmer/Market Preferred Traits in Tanzania, Geoffrey S. Mkamilo, Division of Research and Training, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Grant No: 2007 PASS 009

• Addressing Rural Poverty in the Southern HIghlands of Tanzania through Improvement of Angular Leaf Spot and Anthracnose Disease Resistance in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), Rose Mongi, Division of Research and Training, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Grant No: 2007 PASS 005

• Genetic Improvement of Bush and Climbing Beans and Integrated  Management Practices in Rwanda (Phase II), Augustine Musoni, Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Rwanda, Grant No: 2008 PASS 040

• Sorghum variety development and technology transfer research program, Joaquim A. Mutaliano, Instituto de Investigação Agrária de Moçambique, Grant No: 2008 PASS 039

• Participative development of millet parental lines and hybrid production adapted to the Sahelian and Sudanian Zones of Mali, Moussa Daouda Sanogo, Institute of Rural Economy, Grant No: 2008 PASS 026

• Promoting the dissemination of certified seeds of maize, rice, and cowpea for small scale farmers in western and south-western Burkina Faso, Abdoulaye Sawadogo, Neema Agricole Du Faso, Grant No: 2008 PASS 044

• Rapid dissemination of post-millenium improved varieties of maize, beans, cassava, and sweet potato developed by KARI to increase the productivity of small farmers' food crops in Kenya, Paul Douglas Seward, Farm Input Promotions Africa Limited, Grant No: 2008 PASS 011

• Participatory evaluation of high yielding interspecific and  intraspecific irrigated rice varieties with tolerance to rice yellow mottle virus and bacterial leaf blight and adaptability to the irrigated ecology in Mali, Bino Teme, Institute of Rural Economy, Grant No: 2008 PASS 037

• Development of improved cowpea varieties resistant to striga and adapted to the Sahelian Zone, Mamadou Toure, Institute of Rural Economy, Grant No: 2007 PASS 028

• Deployment of Maksoy 1N and Namsoy 4M soybean varieties and development of rust resistant soybean genotypes for improved household food security and income in Uganda, Phinehas T. Tukamuhabwa, Makerere University, Grant No: 2007 PASS 027