Biotechnology, Breeding and Seed Systems

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. Updated
For use by NARO (National Agricultural Research Organization) for participatory evaluation of upland rice varieties and determination of suitable crop management practices in Uganda. Updated
To support of research to identify Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal proteins that are effective against the sweet potato weevil.
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.
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.
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 tq2he 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.
In support of research to identify Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal proteins that are effective against the sweet potato weevil.
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 46^th. 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.