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Grantee:
Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
Country:
Bangkok, Thailand
Grant No:
2003FS126
Amount:
$90,000
Purpose: Establishment of Asia-Pacific Consortium on
Agricultural Biotechnology (APCoAB), to harness the benefits of
agricultural biotechnology for human and animal welfare. While
safeguarding the environment and sustainable agricultural
development in the Asia-Pacific region
Grantee:
Auburn University
Principal Investigator: William Moar
Country:
Alabama
Grant No:
2004 FS 061
Amount:
$128,800
Purpose:
To support of research to identify Bacillus thuringiensis
insecticidal proteins that are effective against the sweet
potato weevil
Grantee:
Centre for the Application of Molecular Biology to International
Agriculture
Principal Investigator: Richard Jefferson
Country:
Australia
Grant No:
2004 FS 042
Amount:$250,000
Purpose:
In support of further research for the development of a novel
gene transfer method that will bypass intellectual property
constraints currently limiting gene transfer in plants
Grantee:
Colombia University
Country:
New York, New York
Grant No:
2003 FS 142
Amount:
$35,000
Purpose:
For use by its Earth Institute towards the costs of
developing an integrated set of recommendations for achieving
the Millennium Development Goals for Goals for food security,
poverty, environmental sustainability and water and sanitation
by 2015
Grantee:
Cornell University
Country:
Ithaca, New York
Grant No:
2003 FS 120
Amount:
$70,684
Purpose:
For use by its Albert R. Mann Library to assess the
extent to which the Essential Electronic Agricultural Library
has succeeded in improving developing-country researchers’ and
educators’ access to scientific literature and whether such
access has had an impact on research and teaching, and to
identify the conditions that promote the most effective use of
the library
Grantee:
Cornell University
Principal Investigator: Margaret Smith
Country:
New York
Grant No:
2004 FS 063
Amount: $194,620
Purpose: Towards the costs of providing consulting and
technical assistance aimed at enhancing the quality of Ph.D.
training for plant breeders at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's
African Centre for Crop Improvement
Grantee:
Gordon Research Conferences
Country:
West Kingston, Rhode Island
Grant No:
2004 FS 021
Amount:
$10,000
Purpose:
To enable scientists from Africa and Asia to attend
the Gordon Research Conference on Salt And water stress in
Plants, to be held at the Hong Kong University of science And
Technology, June 13-18, 2004
Grantee:
Huazhong Agricultural University
Principal Investigator: Qifa Zhang
Country:
China
Grant No:
2004 FS 070
Amount:
$512,000
Purpose:
Towards the costs of research to elucidate the molecular genetic
basis of drought tolerance in rice and to breed and distribute
new drought-tolerant varieties of rice to both rainfed and
poorly irrigated areas of China
Grantee:
Indira Gandhi Agricultural University
Principal Investigator: M. Shrivastava
Country:
India
Grant No:
2004 FS 041
Amount:
$217,140
Purpose:
Towards the costs of development and distribution of drought-
tolerant rice varieties to farmers in eastern India through rice
genetic improvement and farmer participatory selection
techniques
Grantee:
Institute of Biotechnology, National centre for Natural Science
and Technology
Country:
Hanoi, Vietnam
Grant No:
2004 FS 004
Amount:
$36,462
Purpose:
To support research on drought tolerance in rice
utilizing DNA genetic markers to assist in breeding new rice
varieties for the hill regions of northern Vietnam.
Grantee:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Country:
Nairobi, Kenya
Grant No:
2004 FS 022
Amount:
$26,000
Purpose:
In support of a study to identify chemicals secreted
by a forage legume that inhibit development of the parasitic
weed Striga, which attacks staple maize and sorghum crops
across Africa and for PhD training of one student.
Grantee:
International Centre for Tropical Agriculture
Country:
Cali, Colombia
Grant No.
2003FS 121
Amount:
$ 1,008,800
Purpose: Towards the cost of developing a network of
researchers working to improve cassava breeding through the
development and use of inbred lines that breed true from one
generation to the next
Grantee:
International Centre for Tropical Agriculture
Country:
Cali, Colombia
Grant No:
2004 FS 016
Amount:
$75,000
Purpose:
Towards the cost of the “Sixth International Scientific
Meeting of the Cassava Biotechnology Network: Adding value to a
small-Farmer Crop,” to held in Cali,
Colombia, March 2004
Grantee:
International Centre for Tropical Agriculture
Principal Investigator: Joseph Tohme
Country:
Colombia
Grant No:
2004 FS 034
Amount:
$280,140
Purpose: In support of research to be conducted in
collaboration with the Max Planck institute for Plant Breeding
Research, to enhance the ability of breeders to improve cassava
and tropical fruits by over-expression of known genes that allow
breeders to control the timing and extent of flowering
Grantee:
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi- Arid
Tropics
Country:
Patancheru, India
Grant No:
2004 FS 011
Amount:
$450,000
Purpose:
For research of genetic improvement and the increased
diversification of pigeon pea, to enhance the crop’s
productivity in the eastern and southern Africa.
Grantee:
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Principal Investigator: Eva Weltizien Rattunde
Country:
India
Grant No:
2004 FS 049
Amount:
$ 45,825
Purpose:
In support of research to determine the potential value of pearl
millet top-cross hybrids in West Africa by assessing levels of
hybrid vigor across different growing environments during the
2004 growing season
Grantee:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Country:
Ibadan, Nigeria
Grant No:
2004 FS 023
Amount:
$490,000
Purpose:
Towards the cost of developing , with the use of
biotechnology, cassava varieties that are resistant to the
cassava Brown Streak Disease
Grantee:
International Livestock Research Institute
Country:
Nairobi, Kenya
Grant No.
2003FS 111
Amount:
$45,000
Purpose: Toward the costs of the planning phase to create a
sub-regional biosciences centre for East and
Central Africa
Grantee:
International Maize and Wheat Improvement centre
Country:
Mexico City, Mexico
Grant No:
2003 FS 112
Amount:
$308,000
Purpose:
For the second phase of a project to strengthen maize seed
production and distribution systems for small-scale farmers in
Kenya and Uganda
Grantee:
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre
Country:
Mexico City, Mexico
Grant No:
2004 FS 003
Amount:
$428,000
Purpose: For the costs of an international workshop for the
foundation’s grantees in Africa and
Asia working on new varieties of drought-tolerant maize and rice
for use by smallholder farmers
Grantee:
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre
Principal Investigator: Marianne Banzinger
Country:
Mexico
Grant No:
2004 FS 079
Amount:
$124,800
Purpose:
Towards the costs of on-farm testing and seed component of the
Southern Africa Drought and Low Soil Fertility Network's Project
to develop, and now disseminate, drought-tolerant varieties of
maize
Grantee:
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
Country:
Rome, Italy.
Grant No:
2003 FS 092
Amount:
$200,000
Purpose:
Towards the costs of strengthening the world’s gene
banks by mobilizing fundraising and public awareness efforts
aimed at development of a global conservation trust
Grantee:
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
Country:
Rome, Italy
Grant No:
2003 FS 123
Amount:
$71,773
Purpose:
To help international agricultural research centers
develop common approaches to exchange genetic resources with
national and international partners in compliance with the
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture.
Grantee:
International Potato Centre
Principal Investigator: Marc Ghislain
Country:
Peru
Grant No:
2004 FS 057
Amount:
$111,550
Purpose:
In support of research to identify Bacillus thuringiensis
insecticidal proteins that are effective against the sweet
potato weevil
Grantee:
Iowa State University
Principal Investigator: David Acker
Country:
Iowa
Grant No:
2004 FS 060
Amount:
$165,806
Purpose:
In support of training for two African scientists who will
contribute to the sustainability of African Vitamin A maize
research
Grantee:
International Rice Institute
Country:
Metro Manila, Philippines
Grant No:
2004 FS 031
Amount:
$275,616
Purpose:
In support of molecular genetic studies of drought
tolerance in rice and training of postdoctoral fellows from
India in both molecular marker technology and participatory
varietal selection
Grantee:
Kasetsart University
Country:
Bangkok, Thailand
Grant No:
2003 FS 113
Amount:
$50,000
Purpose: To evaluate the utility and train scientists in the
application, of DNA marker-based selection in the rice breeding
programs of
Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar
Grantee:
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
Country:
Nairobi, Kenya
Grant No:
2003 FS 134
Amount:
$141,420
Purpose: For introgression of Maize Streak Virus resistant
genes into Kenyan high breed maize using DNA marker-assisted
selection, to enable farmers who grow the hybrids to achieve
higher yields
Grantee:
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
Principal Investigator: John Stanley
Country:
Kenya
Grant No:
2004 FS 026
Amount:
$46,620
Purpose:
Towards the costs of enhancing its ability to identify and
characterize Banana Streak Virus isolates, through the training
of one of its scientists at the John Innes Centre in England
Grantee:
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
Country:
Nairobi, Kenya
Grant No:
2004 FS 029
Amount:
$220,550
Purpose:
In support of research to be conducted in
collaboration with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement
centre on development of Insect-resistant maize for Africa.
Grantee:
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
Principal Investigator: Miriam Kinyua
Country:
Kenya
Grant No:
2004 FS 048
Amount:
$94,575
Purpose:
In support of research to manage cassava diseases in Central
Kenya through farmer participatory resistance breeding and
multiplication of clean planting material
Grantee:
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
Principal Investigator: James Gethi
Country:
Kenya
Grant No:
2004 FS 075
Amount:
$170,351
Purpose:
In support of research to be conducted by its Katumani National
Dry Farming Research Centre, to develop and test new maize
varieties for the dry land and coastal areas of Kenya
Grantee;
Kenyatta University
Country:
Nairobi, Kenya
Grant No:
2003 FS 110
Amount:
$200,789
Purpose: To establish a plant genetic transformation facility
for maize improvement in
Kenya
Grantee:
Kenyatta University
Country:
Nairobi, Kenya
Grant No:
2004 FS 014
Amount:
$144,900
Purpose:
To develop African maize resistant to the parasitic
weed Striga, collaboration project with the university of
California, Davis
Grantee:
Khon Kaen University
Country:
Khon kaen, Thailand
Grant No:
2003 fs129
Amount:
$40,000
Purpose: For use by its office of international Agriculture
to conduct a workshop for scientists from
Cambodia, China, India, Laos and Thailand, working on rice
genetic improvement, to be held in Khon Kaen,
Thailand, December 2003
Grantee:
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
Principal Investigator: Seth Davis
Country:
Germany
Grant No:
2004 FS 033
Amount:
$130,500
Purpose:
For use by its Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
in collaboration with the Centro international de Agricultura
Tropical to enhance the ability of breeders to improve cassava
and tropical fruits by over-expression of known genes that allow
breeders to control the timing and extent of flowering
Grantee:
McGill University
Country:
Montreal, Canada
Grant No:
2004 FS 035
Amount:
$30,000
Purpose:
Toward the cost of research on enzymes and signal
transduction proteins for a biotic stress tolerance in rice
Grantee:
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Tanzania
Country:
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Grant No:
2003 FS 130
Amount:
$34,342
Purpose:
To breed maize varieties resistant to gray leaf spot and
northern leaf blight in the low and intermediate altitude areas
of Tanzania
Grantee:
National Agricultural Research Organization
Country:
Entebbe, Uganda
Grant No:
2003 FS 116
Amount:
$119,168
Purpose: For use by its Namulonge Agricultural and Animal
Production Research Institute for the promoting and development
of improved, high-yielding bean varieties for sustainable food
security, nutrition and household income in Uganda
Grantee:
National Agricultural Research Organization
Principal Investigator: Robert Mwanga
Country:
Uganda
Grant No:
2004 FS 062
Amount:
$ 100,280
Purpose:
In support of research to identify Bacillus thuringiensis
insecticidal proteins that are effective against the sweet
potato weevil
Grantee:
National Agricultural Research Organization
Principal Investigator: George Bigirwa
Country:
Uganda
Grant No:
2004 FS 065
Amount:
$118,650
Purpose:
For use by its Namulonge Agricultural and Animal Production
Research Institute for participatory evaluation of upland rice
varieties and determination of suitable crop management
practices in Uganda
Grantee:
National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
Country:
Nakorn Pathom, Thailand
Grant No:
2003 FS 135
Amount:
$89,600
Purpose:
To continue to develop and deploy DNA molecular
markers for breeding drought-tolerant rice for use by farmers in
north and northeast
Thailand
Grantee:
Philippine Rice Research Institute
Country:
Maligaya, Philippines
Grant No:
2003 FS 114
Amount:
$60,936
Purpose:
For identification of the Rice Restorer of Fertility (RF) gene
through candidate gene approach and transgenic complementation
assay
Grantee:
Punjab Agricultural University
Principal Investigator: Joginder Singh
Country:
India
Grant No:
2004 FS 046
Amount:
$13,910
Purpose:
In support of research on the economic impacts of new rice
varieties developed for northern India through the use of modern
biotechnology tools
Grantee:
Purdue University
Country:
West Lafayette, Indiana
Grant No:
2003 FS 105
Amount:
$31,000
Purpose:
In support of activities of the Network for the Genetic
improvement of Cowpea for Africa
Grantee:
Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Country:
Shanghai, China
Grant No:
2004 FS 039
Amount:
$20,000
Purpose:
To enable its shanghai Agrobiological Gene Centre to
conduct research and activities to raise public awareness about
the future problems and the potential solutions related to water
scarcity and rice production in china.
Grantee:
Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Principal Investigator: Lijun Luo
Country:
China
Grant No:
2004 FS 071
Amount:
$450,000
Purpose:
In support of research to be conducted by its shanghai
Agrobiological Gene Centre for continued modifications and
improvements of screening facilities in Shanghai and Hainan,
China, leading to genetically improved drought-tolerant rice
Grantee:
Sichuan Agricultural University
Principal Investigator: Li Wanchen
Country:
China
Grant No:
2004 FS 047
Amount:
$60,000
Purpose:
In support of research on the genetic improvement of maize to
drought tolerance in South-western China, to be conducted by its
Maize Research Institute
Grantee:
Soil Productivity Research Laboratory, Chemistry & Soil Research
Institute
Principal Investigator: Michael Andrew Nyika
Country:
Marondera, Zimbabwe
Grant No:
2004 FS 305
Amount:
$6,600
Purpose:
Renewal of fellowship for advanced training in soil science
leading to the M.S. degree at the Department of Crop and Soil
Sciences Michigan State University, East Lansing.
Grantee:
Tran Ngoc Thach
Country:
Omon, Cantho, Vietnam
Grant No:
2004 FS 302
Amount:
$9,650
Purpose:
Renewal of fellowship for advanced training in plant
genetics leading to the Ph.D degrees at the
Australian National University and the centre for the
Application of Molecular Biology to international Agriculture,
Canberra, Australia
Grantee:
University of Agricultural Sciences
Country:
Bangalore, India.
Grant No:
2003 FS 131
Amount:
$21,000
Purpose:
To support construction of a seed bank to serve
grantees in the Foundation-supported Indian national network on
the genetic improvement of rice for drought tolerance
Grantee:
University
of California, San Diego
Country:
La Jolla, California
Grant No:
2003 FS 009
Amount:
$197,541
Purpose:
For use by its Division of Biological Sciences to
determine whether certain toxins from Bacillus thuringensis
(Bt) are effective control agents against nematodes that affect
plantains and East African Highland Bananas
Grantee:
University of California, Davis
Country:
Davis, California
Grant No:
2004 FS 013
Amount:
$108,100
Purpose:
To develop African maize resistant to the parasitic weed
Striga, in collaborative project with Kenyatta university
Grantee:
University of Florida
Country:
Gainesville, Florida
Grant No:
2003 FS 109
Amount:
$32,693
Purpose:
For use by its Citrus Research and
Education Center to determine whether certain toxins from
Bacillus thuringensis (Bt) are effective control agents
against nematodes that affect plantains and East African Highland
Bananas
Grantee:
University of Hyderabad
Country:
Hyderabad, India
Grant No:
2003 FS 132
Amount:
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