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