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Mobilizing regional diversity for creating new potentials for pearl millet and sorghum farmers in West and Central Africa

Project

Global Food security

This project contributes to the research aim 'Global food security'. What are the sub-aims? Take a look:
Global Food security


Project code: keine Angaben
Contract period: 01.04.2006 - 31.03.2009
Budget: 1,150,000 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research

To enhance rural livelihoods and household food security in pearl millet-and sorghum growing areas of WCA through cultivation of adapted, higher-yielding and stable cultivars of these staple cereals. To assist NARS in the target countries to more effectively utilize genetic diversity of locally adapted, farmer-preferred photoperiod-sensitive, pearl millet and sorghum germplasm in their breeding programs

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