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Dr. Jim Whyte and
Edward Kanju
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Grantee: |
IITA |
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Amount: |
US $600,000
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Duration: |
Three Years
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Contact Details
Dr.
James Whyte,
IITA-ESARC
P.
O. Box 7878
, Kampala, Uganda
Phone: +256 41 223460
Fax: +256 (41) 223459
Email direct from site:
j.whyte@cgiar.org
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Project Aim: To contribute to enhanced and sustainable
food availability and poverty alleviation in the coastal
lowlands of Eastern and Southern Africa.
Project Purpose:
To increase the availability and utilization of improved cassava
varieties and to strengthen the national germplasm generation and
deployment capacities in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique.
Background
Information: Cassava brown streak virus disease (CBSD) is now the
most economic important biotic stress affecting cassava in these areas.
The project activities will in part address the CBSD problem. However,
strong emphasis will be put in developing varieties with multiple
resistances (to major pests and diseases) with end-user acceptance
qualities.
Project
Activities
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characterize local germplasm and elite genotypes to identify sources
of resistance to all the major pests and diseases and preferred
quality characteristics for use in the improvement program;
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provide
target countries with broad-based genetic stocks with multiple pest
and disease resistance, important food quality traits for diverse end
uses and ecological adaptation through open quarantine or tissue
culture and seed populations;
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backstop
on-station and on-farm germplasm selection and evaluation using farmer
participatory approaches in collaboration with NARS;
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improve
the capacity and capability of Plant Quarantine Services (PQS), Muguga
for germplasm clean up, micro-propagation, virus elimination, indexing
of cassava propagules, conservation and international exchange;
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in-vitro
maintenance of national core germplasm collection at PQS, Muguga;
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avail
germplasm developed to bilateral multiplication and distribution
programs existing in target countries;
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identify
and improve facilities of a post-harvest laboratory to determine
functional (physical, chemical, and sensory) variety characteristics
that meet specific end use requirements; and
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undertake
plant health and genetic studies to support national breeding schemes.
Collaborators
Edward
Kanju - Plant Breeder
Cassava Brown Streak Disease Project
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
c/o ARI-Mikocheni, Box 6226, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Email:
e.kanju@cgiar.org
Phone: (255)-22-2700092, Mobile: (255)-744-897182
Research to Nourish Africa;
www.iita.org
Mr Muli, B.
Head, Food Crops
Program
KARI Mtwapa
P.O Box 16
Mtwapa, Kenya
Tel: (254 11)
485842
E-mail:
karimtw@africaonline.co.ke
Ms. Zacarias, A
INIA – Maputo
CP 3658
Maputo, Mozambique
E-mail:
anabelazacariass@hotmail.com
Mrs. Mtunda, K
Kibaha
Agricultural Research Institute
P.O Box 30031
Kibaha, Tanzania
Tel: (255 23)
24042038
E-mail:
k.mtunda@yahoo.com
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