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Sustainable conservation and utilization of genetic resources of two underutilized crops - finger millet and foxtail millet - to enhance productivity, nutrition and income in Africa and Asia

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: 01.01.2008 - 31.12.2010
Budget: 1,000,000 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research

The goal is to enhance rural livelihoods and household food and nutritional security in the finger millet and foxtail millet growing areas of Africa and South Asia through cultivation of adapted, higher-yielding and stable cultivars of two underutilized crops - finger millet and foxtail millet.To achieve this goal, the project will assist NARS in the target countries to more effectively utilize genetic diversity of locally adapted finger millet germplasm in their breeding programs.

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