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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
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.
Section overview
Subjects
- Agricultural Engineering Plant Production
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
