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.
For use by its Albert R. Mann Library to assess the extent to
which the Essential Electronic Agricultural Library has succeed
in improving developing-country researchers’ and educators’
access to scientific literature.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For research of genetic improvement and the increased
diversification of pigeon pea, to enhance the crop’s
productivity in the eastern and southern Africa.
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.
Towards the cost of developing , with the use of
biotechnology, cassava varieties that are resistant to the
cassava Brown Streak Disease.
Towards the costs of the planning phase to create a
sub-regional biosciences centre for East and
Central Africa.
For the second phase of a project to strengthen maize seed
production and distribution systems for small-scale farmers in
Kenya and Uganda.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In support of research to identify Bacillus thuringiensis
insecticidal proteins that are effective against the sweet
potato weevil.
In support of training for two African scientists who will
contribute to the sustainability of African Vitamin A maize
research.
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
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.
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.
Towards
the costs of enhancing KARI-Kenya's ability to identify and
characterize Banana Streak Virus isolates, through the training
of one of its scientists at the John Innes Centre in England.
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.
In support of research to manage cassava diseases in Central
Kenya through farmer participatory resistance breeding and
multiplication of clean planting material.
In support of research to be conducted by KARI-Katumani National
Dry Farming Research Centre, to develop and test new maize
varieties for the dry land and coastal areas of Kenya.
To establish a plant genetic transformation facility for maize
improvement in Kenya.
To develop African maize resistant to the parasitic weed
Striga, collaboration project with the university of
California, Davis.
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.
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.
Towards the cost of research on enzymes and signal transduction
proteins for a biotic stress tolerance in rice.
To breed maize varieties resistant to gray leaf spot and
northern leaf blight in the low and intermediate altitude areas
of Tanzania.
For use by NARO- 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.
In support of research to identify Bacillus thuringiensis
insecticidal proteins that are effective against the sweet
potato weevil.
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.
To continue to develop and deploy DNA molecular markers for
breeding drought-tolerant rice for use by farmers in north and
northeast Thailand.
For identification of the Rice Restorer of Fertility (RF) gene
through candidate gene approach and transgenic complementation
assay.
In support of research on the economic impacts of new rice
varieties developed for northern India through the use of
modern biotechnology tools.
In support of activities of the Network for the Genetic
improvement of Cowpea for Africa.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
To develop African maize resistant to the parasitic weed
Striga, in collaborative project with Kenyatta university.
For use by its Citrus Research and Education Center to
determine whether certain toxins from Bacillus thuringensis
(Bt) are effective control agents nematodes that affect
plantains and East African Highland Bananas.
For a study to be conducted in collaboration with the
university of Georgia to identify the specific genes in the
rice and pearl millet that are induced when cereals are
exposed to the water deficits or drought conditions.
To enable African scientists to attend the Maize Genetics,
Genomics and Bioinformatics Workshop and the 46th.
Annual Maize Genetic conference, being held in Mexico, March
7-14,2004.
For activities related to the establishment of quality
graduate training at the African Centre for Crop Improvement
at the University of Natal, Pietemaritzburg, South Africa.
For use by its African center for Crop Improvement to enable
the first cohort of African students to carry out Ph.D.
research in their home countries: Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria,
Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
To support participation of Asian scientists in the combined
4th International Crop Science Congress and 5th Asian Crop
Science Congress, to be held in Brisbane, Australia, September
2004.
Towards the costs of field and laboratory research aimed at
developing more drought-tolerant varieties of rice for
farmers in drought-prone areas of sub-Saharan Africa.
In support of travel to enable five scientists from developing
countries to participate in a workshop entitled “Crop Ferality
and Volunteerism: A Threat to Food Security in the Transgenic
Era,” to be held at the Bellagio Study and Conference Center,
Italy, May 24-29,2004.
For collaborative research project with Peking University to
improve stress tolerance in rice and other cereals through the
genome-wide identification of rice promoters with desirable
drought-inducible characteristics.