1990-1996

Program Director: Dr. David G. Cummins
Assistant Program Director: Dr. Keith Ingram
Host: University of Georgia, Griffin GA USA
Target Countries: Belize, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Jamaica, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, and Thailand
Focus:
- Consumer values
- Information/training/impact
- Processor values
- Producer values
Constraints:
- Low yields because of unadapted varieties and lack of cultivar resistance to diseases, insects, and drought
- Health hazards and economic losses due to mycotoxin contamination
- Yield losses due to infestations of weeds, insects, diseases, and nematodes
- Food supplies inadequate and lack of appropriate food technologies to exploit a relatively well adapted peanut crop that is not generally considered a primary food source
- Economic and sociological problems preventing efficient production and utilization
- Physiological and soil microbiological barriers to high yields
- Resource management (agronomic, engineering, economic, and sociological) situations preventing efficient production and utilization
- Inadequate numbers of trained researchers and support personnel; Lack of adequate equipment to conduct research; Information is not available to beneficiaries for support of production and utilization efforts
Research Projects
Project | Lead Scientist | Institution |
Appropriate Technology for Storage and Utilization of Peanut (GA-FT-TP) | Larry Beuchat | University of Georgia (UGA) |
Disease-resistant peanut varieties for semi-arid environments (TX-BCP-S-BF-N) | Olin Smith | Texas A & M University (TAMU) |
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Optimum Food Utility of Peanut in SAT Africa (AAM-FT-S) | Bharat Singh | Alabama A & M University (AAMU) |
IPM strategies for peanut insects in SAT Africa (GA-IM-BF) | Robert Lynch | University of Georgia (UGA) |
Management of anthropods on peanut in Southeast Asia (NCS-IM-TP) | Rick Brandenburg | North Carolina State University (NCSU) |
Mycotoxin management in Peanut by Prevention of Contamination and Monitoring (TX-MM-S) | Robert Pettit | Texas A & M University (TAMU) |
Peanut varietal improvement for Thailand and the Philippines (NCS-BCP-TP) | Thomas Isleib | North Carolina State University (NCSU) |
Peanut viruses: etiology, epidemiology, and nature of resistance (GA-PV-N) | James Demski | University of Georgia (UGA) |
Postharvest handling systems for the small peanut producer (GA-PH-CAR) | Manjeet Chinnan | University of Georgia (UGA) |