International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Western and Central Africa (ICRISAT - WCA)
The Regional hub for WCA is located in Niamey, Niger and scientists are also located in the research center in Bamako, Mali. Another research location is in Kano, Nigeria. ICRISAT's work covers approximately 20 countries in the Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT) of WCA. ICRISAT is currently endowed with core competencies in the areas of agronomy (2), soil science (2), pearl millet breeding (1), sorghum breeding (1), groundnut breeding (1), socio-economy (1) and GIS (1).
Address
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Western and Central Africa (ICRISAT - WCA)
Via Paris B.P. 12404
Via Paris B.P. 12404 Niamey
Phone: +227-722529 / 725
email: icrisatsc(@)cgiar.org
Activities:
- Research
Networks:
- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Coordinated projects
- Community management of crop diversity to enhance resilience, yield stability and income generation in changing West African climates (CLIMATE CHANGE) Details of Community management of crop diversity to enhance resilience, yield stability and income generation in changing West African climates (CLIMATE CHANGE)
- Mobilizing regional diversity for creating new potentials for pearl millet and sorghum farmers in West and Central Africa Details of Mobilizing regional diversity for creating new potentials for pearl millet and sorghum farmers in West and Central Africa
Involved in research projects:
- Individual and combined effects of five quantitative trait loci on resistance to the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica in Sorghum bicolor under field conditions in Mali and Sudan Details of Individual and combined effects of five quantitative trait loci on resistance to the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica in Sorghum bicolor under field conditions in Mali and Sudan
- Understanding the present distribution of parasitic weeds of the genus Striga and predicting its potential future geographic distribution in the light of climate and land use change Details of Understanding the present distribution of parasitic weeds of the genus Striga and predicting its potential future geographic distribution in the light of climate and land use change