Grant Portfolio

On-farm Conservation

Bioversity International

Duration: 2/2010—2/2012

Assessing the success of on-farm conservation projects in delivering conservation and livelihood outcomes: Identifying best practices and decision support tools

Quinoa sustainability

Centro de Investigacion de Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente (CIRNMA)

Partners: Colegio de nutrionistas, Universidad de PUNA

Duration: 2/2010—2/2012

Perspectives on the sustainability of quinoa production-consumption in the Peruvian Altiplano

Quinoa II

The Foundation for the Promotion and Investigation of Andean Products PROINPA

Partners: Andean Valley, National Association of Quinoa Producers (ANAPQUI), Brigham Young University

Duration: 2/2010—2/2014

Participative development and validation of Technological Innovations to reduce the vulnerability of the families of the altiplano whose sustenance is based on the quinoa and potato crops

P-efficient legumes II

National Institute of Agronomic Research (IIAM) - Mozambique, Penn State University

Partners: University of Missouri-Columbia

Duration: 2/2010—2/2014

P-efficient legumes II: Increasing Bean Productivity and Household Food Security in Stressful Environments in Mozambique Through Use of Phosphorus-Efficient Seeds by Farm Households

Technology Introduction and Marketing

Purdue University, INERA, INRAN

Duration: 2/2010—2/2014

Technology Introduction, Marketing Strategies, and Farmers’ Organizations for Sorghum and Millet in Burkina Faso and Niger

Community baskets

Fundacion EkoRural

Duration: 11/2009—11/2011

Community Baskets: An urban-rural platform for healthier food systems

Chickpea/banana

Mbarara Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute

Partners: Foundation for AIDS Orphaned Children, Makerere University

Duration: 11/2009—11/2013

Enhancing sustainable productivity and utilization of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) in the banana farming system of Uganda

Cowpea

Makerere University

Partners: NaSARRI - Serere, Africa 2000 Network

Duration: 11/2009—11/2013

Improving food security through participatory development of high yielding and pests resistance cowpea varieties in Uganda

Banana Xanthomonas wilt

Bioversity International

Partners: National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) - Kisii, Rural Energy & Food Security Organisation - REFSO

Duration: 11/2009—11/2013

Strengthening partnerships along value chains to manage Xanthomonas wilt of bananas in East Africa

Grain amaranth

Makerere University

Partners: Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns

Duration: 11/2009—11/2013

Promoting production and utilization of grain amaranth for improved nutrition and health in Uganda

Agroecological intensification – Drylands

University of Nairobi

Partners: Kenya Organic Agricultural Network (KOAN), Makerere University, National Organic Movement of Uganda (NOGAMU)

Duration: 11/2009—11/2011

Towards increased agricultural productivity and food security in east Africa through capacity building in agroecological intensification

Bambara groundnut productivity

Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles

Duration: 11/2009—11/2011

Improving productivity of Voandzou and the link with the market in Burkina Faso

Sorghum/Millet Processing Phase I

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger

Partners: Hareyben, Fuma Gaskiya

Duration: 11/2009—11/2011

Increasing rural community incomes through processing sorghum and millet grains into high quality processed foods in Niger

P-efficient cowpea

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger

Partners: Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Texas AgriLife Research

Duration: 11/2009—11/2012

Improving Millet-Sorghum-Cowpea System Productivity in Niger Republic by Introducing High Yielding Drought-Resistant Phosphate-Efficient Cowpea Varieties

Orange-fleshed Sweet Potato II

Helen Keller International, Inc.

Partners: INERA, LCOPA / University of Ouagadougou, IRSAT/DAT

Duration: 11/2009—11/2013

Promotion of Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato to Control Vitamin A and Antioxidants Deficiencies in Burkina Faso

Organic Peanut

Fundacion para el Desarrollo Tecnologico Agropecuario de los Valles

Duration: 8/2009—8/2011

Development of export markets for certified organic groundnut in the European Union for small scale producers from the valleys of Bolivia

Andean grains

Corporacion INIAP

Duration: 8/2009—8/2011

Food security improvement for communities in the Cotopaxi, Chimborazo and Canar provinces of Ecuador through farming of quinoa, lupin, and amaranth

Climate risk management

Universidad Mayor de San Andres, Missouri University, University of Missouri

Duration: 8/2009—8/2012

Management of climate related risks with regards to climate and social changes

Native potato seed systems II

CIP

Partners: INIAF, PROINPA, INIAP, CONPARA, ADERS

Duration: 8/2009—8/2012

Strengthening native potato seed systems in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru

Native potato seed systems

International Potato Center

Duration: 8/2009—8/2012

Strengthening native potato seed systems in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru

Water security

The Mountain Institute

Partners: Universidad La Molina

Duration: 8/2009—8/2011

Enhancing the water security of the Andean agricultural systems through the conservation of the ecosystems of the wet Puna in Northern Peru

Agrobiodiversity and Nutrition

Grupo Yanapai

Partners: INN, CIP

Duration: 8/2009—8/2013

Agrobiodiversity and nutrition for the food security of the Chopccas Communities of Huancavelica

Communal agricultural risk management

Fundacion AGRECOL Andes, CESU

Duration: 8/2009—8/2013

Management of Communal Agricultural Risks (GRAC) in the Challa Canton, Tapacari municipality

Biopesticide/potato moth

Corporacion INIAP

Duration: 8/2009—8/2011

Development and distribution of the commercial prototype of a biopesticide based on virus JLZ9F, to control the presence of Tecia solanivora in the Ecuadorian Andes

Groundnut postharvest value chain

Compatible Technology International, Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania), ICRISAT (Malawi)

Partners: NASFAM, CFNA, Plan International, UMATI, Agricultural Research Institute Makutupora, World Vision Tanzania

Duration: 8/2009—8/2013

Groundnut postharvest value chain

Bruchid management for beans

Sokoine University of Agriculture

Partners: DARS, Chitedze, Oregon State University

Duration: 8/2009—8/2013

Bruchid management: Introgression of bruchid resistance into farmers preferred varieties for increased productivity and stability of bean supply

Botanical pesticides/legumes

DARS Malawi, University of Greenwich & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Partners: CIAT Malawi

Duration: 8/2009—8/2013

Botanical pesticides/legumes: Optimized Pest Management With Botanical Pesticides on Legume Cropping Systems in Malawi and Tanzania

Soil fertility management

University of Malawi

Duration: 8/2009—8/2011

Scaling up integrated soil fertility management: economics, policy, and extension strategies to improve human nutrition and soils in Malawi

Bambara groundnuts

Bunda College (Malawi), IIAM (Mozambique), NRI (UK)

Partners: National Plant Genetic Resources Centre, CICCOD, CLUSA, , KLUSA, ARI Naliendeli (Tanzania)

Duration: 8/2009—8/2010