Peanut Collaborative Research Support program (PEANUT CRSP)
Virginia Tech partnership with the University of Georgia seeks to promote economic growth and improve human health and nutrition through peanut research.
Year: Phase III, 2007-2012
Granting Agency: USAID
Grant #:RC710-025/3842118
Grant Amount: $700,000
Location: Uganda (phase III); Senegal, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and a regionally-focused project covering all of Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean (phase II).
Project Overview:
The Peanut CRSP, managed by the University of Georgia, works to improve the health and livelihood of people in West Africa by addressing aflatoxin and gender-related constraints in peanut production, processing and marketing. OIRED-led socioeconomic research conducted in East Africa focuses on the consequences of policy changes and the impact of peanut research on production. The aflatoxin project is examining gender roles and strategies for preventing aflatoxin contamination in peanuts. Aflatoxin contamination is a major health problem in Africa.
Summary of Gender Report for Peanut CRSP, October 2007 (PDF)
Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program (Peanut CRSP) Phase II
Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program (Peanut CRSP) Phase III
Virginia Tech faculty involved:
- Dr. Maria Elisa Christie - Program Director, Women in International Development
- Kumar Mallikarjunan - Associate Professor, Biological Systems Engineering
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Dr. Archileo Kaay of Makerere University buys peanuts at the market in Gulu, Uganda as Dr. Tim Williams, Director of the Peanut CRSP, and Pauline Lukwayi, northern representative of the National Association of Women Organizations in Uganda, look on. |
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Tim Williams tours the Food Science and Technology labs at Makerere University with Dr. Archileo Kaaya and Dr. Benjamin Sentongo. |
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Little boys play in a peanut field in the Gulu district of northern Uganda while their mothers work the land. |
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Peanut farmers watch while their fields are inspected. |