2001-2007

This research was conducted from 1996 to 2007 by the Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program (Peanut CRSP). USAID renamed its international groundnut research initiative the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control in 2013.
Program Director: Dr. Jonathan H. Williams
Assistant Director: Dr. David G. Cummins
Host: University of Georgia, Griffin GA USA
Target Countries: Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Malawi, Mali, Philippines, Senegal, Thailand and Uganda.
Focus: This grant for international research on groundnut addressed the following major themes:
- Mycotoxins
- Nutrition
- Production efficiency
- Socioeconomic forces
- Utilization
- Post-harvest issues
Cross-cutting areas such as gender equality and capacity building featured prominently in all research.
Project |
Lead Scientist |
Institution |
Simulation of Peanut Cropping Systems to Improve Production Efficiency and Enhance Natural Resource Management (UFL 13P) |
Kenneth J. Boote |
University of Florida |
Development and Use of Multiple-Pest Resistance to Improve Production Efficiency of Peanut (UFL 16P) |
Dan Gorbet |
University of Florida |
Breeding Peanut for Better Productivity and Quality (TAM 17P) |
Mark Burow |
Texas A&M University/Lubbock |
Improved Production Efficiency through Standardized, Integrated, and Enhanced Research and Technology (NCS 19P) |
Rick Brandenburg |
North Carolina State University |
Control Strategies for Peanut Viruses: Transgenic Resistance, Natural Resistance, and Virus Variability (UGA 28P) |
Carl Deom |
University of Georgia |
Development of Sustainable Peanut Production Technologies for Amerindian Villages in the Rupununi region of Guyana (UFL 52P) |
Greg McDonald |
University of Florida |
Valencia Peanut Breeding for High Yield, Early Maturity, and Resistance to Fungal Diseases, and Good Quality |
Naveen Puppala |
New Mexico State University, Clovis |
Biochemical and Molecular Responses of Peanut to Drought Stress and Their Role in Aflatoxin Contamination (FAM 51P) |
Mehboob Seikh |
Florida A&M University |
Extrusion Cooking of Peanut Meal in the Presence of Lysine to Deactivate Aflatoxin and Improve Nutritional Quality (UGA 01) |
Richard Phillips |
University of Georgia |
Development of Peanut Postharvest handling and Processing Technologies for the Food Industry in the Philippines and Southeast Asia (UGA 04) |
Anna Resurreccion |
University of Georgia |
Development and Transfer of Peanut Technologies in Bulgaria, Eastern Europe (UGA 11) |
Manjeet S. Chinnan |
University of Georgia |
Development of Value-added Products from Peanuts and Aflatoxin Detoxification in Senegal and West Africa (NCA 32) |
Mohamed Ahmedna |
North Carolina A&T University |
Use of Chemoprotection in Product Development to Improve Safety and Production of Peanut Products in Ghana, West Africa (OKS 55) |
Margaret Hinds |
Oklahoma State University |
Aflatoxin Impacts on Immune Systems (UAB 56) |
Pauline Jolly |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Effects of Peanut Consumption on Hunger, Ingestive Behavior, Energy Expenditure, and Coronary Heart Disease Risk (PUR 10) |
Richard Mattes |
Purdue University |
Systems Research to Assess Risk of Preharvest Aflatoxin Contamination and to Develop Technologies to Reduce Aflatoxin Contamination of Peanut (UGA 22) |
Garrit Hoogenboom |
University of Georgia |
Genetic Approaches to Eliminate Aflatoxin Contamination of Peanuts (UWI 49) |
Nancy Keller and David Wilson |
University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Sustainable Enterosorbent Strategies for the Protection of African Populations from Aflatoxin (TAM 50) |
Timothy Phillips |
Texas A&M University, College Station |
Impact Assessment of Socioeconomic Contextual Influences on Adoption of Peanut-CRSP-supported new Technologies (NCS 07) |
Robert Moxley |
North Carolina State University |
Analysis of Response of Peanut Production in West Africa: Policy Implications of Currency Devaluation (VT 09) |
Michael Bertelsen, George Norton |
Virginia Tech University |
Production Efficiency and Market Development of Peanuts and Peanut Products for Ghana, Benin, and Bulgaria (AUB 30) |
Curtis Jolly |
Auburn University |
Socioeconomic Impacts of Alternative Peanut Production marketing Systems in Senegal (UCN 36) |
Boris Bravo-Ureta |
University of Connecticut |
Gender Issues in Aflatoxin Incidence and Control in Groundnut Production Systems in West Africa (VT 54) |
Colette Harris |
Virginia Tech University |
The World Geography of Peanut: Global Networking Approach to Social equity, Environmental Protection, and Technology Exchange (UGA 05) |
Robert Rhodes |
University of Georgia |
Training for Southeast Asian Region (UGA 37) |
Anna Resurreccion |
University of Georgia |
Long- and Short-term Training in Host Country Scientists (UGA 38) |
Jonathan Williams |
University of Georgia |
Program Support (UGA 39) |
Jonathan Williams |
University of Georgia |
International Collaboration (UGA 40) |
Jonathan Williams |
University of Georgia |
Management of the Peanut CRSP (UGA 41) |
Jonathan Williams |
University of Georgia |