Community of Practice:
Improving crop productivity, marketing and utilization in the East and Horn of Africa

This group of projects will be designed to improve the livelihoods and nutrition of people in Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia, particiularly those depending on under-researched crops of regional importance.

CCRP projects

»Andes CoP

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 06-016: Quinoa 09-005: Organic groundnut 09-016: Andean grains 09-022: Andean pests 09-025: Climate risk management 09-029: Native potato seed systems 09-032: Water security 09-033: Agrobiodiversity and nutrition 09-168: Food security 09-169: Communal ag. risk mgt. 09-181: Biospecticide/potato moth ---------------------- PAST PROJECTS 01-1563: Andean tubers (Peru) 05-112: Biodiversity and soil 05-112: Cover agriculture 05-112: Green manures/legumes 05-112: Lupin/quinoa 05-112: Native potato 05-112: Potato moth 05-112: Seed systems 07-702: Nutrition support 07-1209: Soil nutrient budgets

»East/Horn of Africa CoP

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 06-447: Cereal roots 06-448: Tef/finger millet 08-019: Sweetpotato breeding

»Southern Africa CoP

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 05-780: P-efficient legumes 06-740: Legume best bets 06-741: Cowpea/Alectra 06-742: Groundnut breeding 06-743: Bean seed 06-744: Climbing beans 09-273: Bruchid mgt. for beans 09-274: Groundnut post-harvest 09-297: Botanical pesticides/legumes 09-298: Soil fertility mgt. 09-299: Bambara groundnuts

»West Africa CoP

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 05-009: Sweetpotato 06-012: Nutrition 06-013: Grain legumes 06-014: Sorghum/millet improv. 06-015: Seed systems ---------------------- PAST PROJECTS 06-011: Insect pest management

»Non-CoP projects

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 05-781: Rice biodiversity ---------------------- PAST PROJECTS 00-1071: Milpa 01-1564: Wheat scab 02-026: Wolbachia 02-027: Chickpea 02-246: Indigenous vegetables 02-460: Potato 02-476: Sweetpotato diversity 02-644: Finger millet 02-778: Legumes

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East and Horn of Africa CoP Projects

In 2008, the CCRP established the East and Horn of Africa Community of Practice (EHAf CoP), which includes existing and future CCRP grants in the region.The East and Horn of Africa CoP currently funds 3 projects in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia, including also Brazil. For each of the projects below, click on the project name to learn more.

Currently funded projects

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»06-447: Cereal roots

• Project title: A new approach for improving Phosphorus acquisition and Aluminum tolerance of plants in marginal soils
• Project leader: Claudia Guimaraes, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA), Brazil
• Funding dates: Phase I: 3/1/2002-2/28/2006; Phase II: 7/1/2006-6/30/2010
  
  

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»06-448: Tef/finger millet

• Project title: Genetic improvement, technology dissemination and seed system development in African chloridoid cereals
• Project leader: Getachew Belay, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Ethiopia
• Funding dates: Phase I: 3/1/1995-6/30/2001; Phase II: 7/1/2001-6/30/2006; Phase III: 7/1/2006-6/30/2010
  
  

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»08-019: Sweetpotato

• Project title: Development of high-yielding, multiple-resistant sweetpotato germplasm
• Project leader: Gorrettie Ssemakula, Namulonge Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI), Uganda
• Funding dates: Phase I: 1995-2002; Phase II: 4/1/2002-3/31/2006; Phase III: 9/1/2006-8/31/2010
  
  

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