Biotechnology, Breeding and Seed Systems for African Crops

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Program Grants Awarded in 2001  

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Principal Investigator: Ayo Abifarin
Grantee: World Vision
Amount: US $50,000
Purpose: NGO workshop on GM Crops in Africa
Duration: One Year

 

Principal Investigator: Marianne Banziger
Grantee: CIMMYT
Amount: US $274,600
Purpose: SADLF drought-resistant maize seed component
Duration: Two Years

 

Principal Investigator: Sansan Da
Grantee: ICRISAT
Amount: US $78,726
Purpose: Guinea hybrid sorghums in Burkina Faso
Duration: Three Years

 

Principal Investigator: Jedidah Danson
Grantee: KARI
Amount: US $116,000
Purpose: Marker selection for maize streak virus resistance
Duration: Two Years

 

Principal Investigator: James Gethi
Grantee: KARI
Amount: US $71,350
Purpose: Striga-resistant maize using wide cross materials
Duration: Two Years

 

Principal Investigator: T.J. Higgins
Grantee: CSIRO
Amount: US $450,000
Purpose: Developing cowpea transformation systems
Duration: Three Years

 

Principal Investigator: Justus Imanyowha
Grantee: NARO
Amount: US $80,016
Purpose: Upland rice breeding in Uganda
Duration: Three Years

 

Principal Investigator: Esther Kahangi
Grantee: JKUAT
Amount: US $75,880
Purpose: Banana tissue culture dissemination
Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Fred Kanampiu
Grantee: CIMMYT
Amount: US $25,000
Purpose: Improving Striga research facilities at Kibos Station
Duration: One Year

 

Principal Investigator: Andrew Kiggundu
Grantee: INIBAP
Amount: US $102,120
Purpose: Weevil-resistant highland bananas
Duration: Three Years

 

Principal Investigator: Mark Laing
Grantee: University of Natal
Amount: US $1,128,707
Purpose: African Center for Crop Improvement
Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Luke Mehlo
Grantee: SIRDC
Amount: US $60,000
Purpose: Clonal maize propagation in Zimbabwe
Duration: Two Years

Principal Investigator: Luke Mehlo
Grantee: SIRDC
Amount: US $170,000
Purpose: Insect-resistant maize via transformation in Zimbabwe
Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Abebe Menkir
Grantee: IITA
Amount: US $297,150
Purpose: Mapping genes for Striga resistance from diploperrenis
Duration: One Year

 

Principal Investigator: Charles Mutengwa and Pangirai Tongoona
Grantee: University of Zimbabwe
Amount: US $12,650
Purpose: Sorghum Striga QTL mapping
Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Anthony Mwololo
Grantee: Bidii Seeds
Amount: US $39,436
Purpose: Seed company development in Eastern Kenya
Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Leonzio Onek
Grantee: Egerton University
Amount: US $13,750
Purpose: Striga control via intercropping and mutation breeding
Duration: One Year

Principal Investigator: Eli Osir
Grantee: ICIPE
Amount: US $10,000
Purpose: Banana IPM for weevil control
Duration: One Year

 

Principal Investigator: Kevin Pixley
Grantee: CIMMYT
Amount: US $30,000
Purpose: 7th Eastern and Southern African Maize Conference
Duration: One Year

 

Principal Investigator: Kevin Pixley
Grantee: CIMMYT
Amount: US $354,800
Purpose: Regional maize disease breeding nursery
Duration: Three Years

 

Principal Investigator: Peter Scott
Grantee: CABI Biosciences
Amount: US $23,333
Purpose: Crop protection compendium
Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Steve Shoyinka
Grantee: IITA
Amount: US $20,000
Purpose: Workshop on gemini viruses in Africa
Duration: One Year

Principal Investigator: Louise Sperling
Grantee: CIAT
Amount: US $60,000
Purpose: Regional workshop on participatory plant breeding
Duration: One Year

Principal Investigator: James Ssebuliba
Grantee: Makerere University
Amount: US $34,000
Purpose: Orange-fleshed sweet potato dissemination in Uganda
Duration: Two Years

Principal Investigator: Jennifer Thomson and Sagadevan Mundree
Grantee: University of Cape Town
Amount: US $246,450
Purpose: Drought tolerant maize via resurrection plant genes
Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Florence Wambugu
Grantee: ISAAA
Amount: US $20,000
Purpose: International biotech workshop in South Africa
Duration: One Year

Principal Investigator: Isabel Wagara
Grantee: University of Nairobi
Amount: US $15,003
Purpose: Molecular analysis of angular leaf spot pathogens
Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Jocelyn Webster
Grantee: AfricaBio
Amount: US $362,500
Purpose: Biotech dialogue in Southern Africa
Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Jim Whyte and Edward Kanju
Grantee: IITA
Amount: US $600,000
Purpose: Decentralized cassava improvement in East Africa
Duration: Three Years

Principal Investigator: Anabela Zacarias
Grantee: INIA
Amount: US $277,400
Purpose: Breeding for cassava brown streak resistance
Duration: Three Years

 

Principal Investigator: FAP
Grantee: FAP
Amount: US $50,000
Purpose: Small grants for travel on seed issues
Duration: One Year