Biotechnology, Breeding and Seed Systems for African Crops

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Program Grants Awarded in 2000

 

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Principal Investigator: Marianne Banziger

Grantee:  CIMMYT  

Amount:  US $274,500

Purpose:  SADLF drought-resistant maize seed component

Duration:  Two Years    

Principal Investigator: George Bigirwa

Grantee: NARO

Amount: US $5,774

Purpose: NARO seed workshop

Duration: One Year

Principal Investigator: Robin Buruchera

Grantee: CIAT

Amount: US $449,000

Purpose: Bean disease resistance breeding and marker ID

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Alpha Diallo

Grantee: CIMMYT

Amount: US $10,000

Purpose: East African maize network travel workshop

Duration: One Year

Principal Investigator: Gebisa Ejeta

Grantee: Purdue University

Amount: US $237,808

Purpose: Purdue Striga resistant sorghum

Duration: Three Years

 

Principal Investigator: Pedro Fato and Miloje Denic

Grantee: INIA

Amount: US $249,450

Purpose: Public maize breeding in Mozambique

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Christian Fatokun

Grantee: IITA

Amount: US $18,420

Purpose: Publication of cowpea congress proceedings

Duration: One Year  

Principal Investigator: Dave Hoisington and Fred Kanampiu

Grantee: CIMMYT

Amount: US $985,700

Purpose: Striga resistance development in maize

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Monty Jones

Grantee: WARDA

Amount: US $371,140

Purpose: Participatory selection of Nerica rice in Nigeria, Mali

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Monty Jones

Grantee: WARDA

Amount: US $380,100

Purpose: Capacity building in rice breeding in West Africa

Duration: Three Years  

Principal Investigator: Monty Jones

Grantee: WARDA

Amount: US $67,000

Purpose: Building a Nerica rice consortium workshop

Duration: One Year

Principal Investigator: Paul Kimani

Grantee: University of Nairobi

Amount: US $22,000

Purpose: Bean disease and pest resistance in Kenya

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Laurie Kitch

Grantee: FAO

Amount: US $12,000

Purpose: Writing a biotech policy pamphlet for Africa

Duration: Two Years

Principal Investigator: Zeyaur Kahn and Ahmed Hassanali

Grantee: ICIPE

Amount: US $75,000

Purpose: Striga-Desmodium interactions

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Xavier Mhike

Grantee: DRSS

Amount: US $139,970

Purpose: OPV maize breeding in Zimbabwe

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Stephen Mugo, Moses Siambi and George Bigirwa

Grantee: CIMMYT/KARI/NARO

Amount: US $427,000

Purpose: East African maize testing and seed multiplication

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Larry Murdock

Grantee: Purdue University

Amount: US $40,000

Purpose: Purdue cowpea biotech workshop

Duration: One Year

Principal Investigator: Annette Namayanja

Grantee: NARO

Amount: US $41,000

Purpose: Bean disease and pest resistance in Uganda

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Patricia Ngwira

Grantee: Chitedze Research

Amount: US $169,565

Purpose: Maize disease resistance breeding in Malawi

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Hannington Obiero

Grantee: KARI

Amount: US $90,000

Purpose: Virus-resistant cassava for western Kenya

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Joseph Ochieng

Grantee: KARI

Amount: US $3,303

Purpose: Multiplication of KSTP-94 Striga-resistant maize

Duration: One Year

Principal Investigator: Joseph Ochieng

Grantee: KARI

Amount: US $8,786

Purpose: KARI seed workshop

Duration: One Year

Principal Investigator: Moses Onim

Grantee: Lagrotech

Amount: US $3,000

Purpose: Seed company travel grant to India

Duration: One Year

Principal Investigator: Remy Pasquet

Grantee: ICIPE

Amount: US $250,000

Purpose: Gene flow in cowpea

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: John Pickett

Grantee: Rothamsted

Amount: US $5,000

Purpose: Striga-Desmodium interactions

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Dr. Kevin Pixley

Grantee: CIMMYT

Amount: -

Purpose: Maize Weevil Project

Duration:

Principal Investigator: Fred Rattunde and Acar Toure

Grantee: ICRISAT/IER

Amount: US $530,446

Purpose: Guinea sorghum hybrids

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Robert Schaffert

Grantee: EMBRAPA

Amount: US $102,984

Purpose: Phosphorous acquisition in maize and sorghum

Duration: Two Years

Principal Investigator: Idah Sithole

Grantee: University of Zimbabwe

Amount: US $87,150

Purpose: Univ. of Zimbabwe electro-transformation of cowpea

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: John Wafula

Grantee: ABSF

Amount: US $45,000

Purpose: Biotech awareness in Kenya workshop

Duration: One Year

Principal Investigator: John Wafula

Grantee: KARI

Amount: US $300,000

Purpose: KARI maize streak virus project

Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Jocelyn Webster

Grantee: AfricaBio

Amount: US $80,000

Purpose: Biotech awareness in southern Africa workshop

Duration: One Year