2007-2012

This research was conducted from 2007 to 2012 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.

Breeding Peanut for Disease Resistance Valuable to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States.

The Development of the Peanut Sector for Guyana and Selected Caribbean Countries

Focus

This grant for international research on groundnut addressed the following major themes:

Value chain approach
Producer values
Processor values
Consumer values

Cross-cutting areas such as gender equality and capacity building featured prominently in all research.

Project	Lead Scientist	Institution
Improving Livelihoods of Farm Households in Peanut Based Farming Systems in East Africa (UCN 139)	Boris Bravo-Ureta	University of Connecticut
Strategies for Controlling Groundnut Rosette Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: Breeding for Disease Resistance, Seed Dissemination, Disease Management Education, and Generation of Transgenic Groundnut with Resistance to Groundnut Rosette (UGA 136)	Carl Deom	University of Georgia
Global Valencia Peanut Niche Market Development Program (NMS 172)	Naveen Puppala	New Mexico State University
Overcoming Abiotic and Biotic Constraints to Yield, and Production of High-quality Peanuts in West Africa and Texas (TAM 137)	Mark Burow	Texas A&M University
Improved West African Peanut Production for Enhanced Health and Socio-economic Status through Delivery of Research-based Production Systems in Ghana (NCS 131)	Rick Brandenburg	North Carolina State University
Breeding Peanut for Disease Resistance Valuable to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States (UF 150)	Barry Tilman	University of Florida
The Development of the Peanut Sector for Guyana and Selected Caribbean Countries (UF 155)	Greg McDonald	University of Florida
Systems Approaches to Enhance Peanut Production Under Resource Limitations (UF 157)	Kenneth Boote	University of Florida
Enhancing the Peanut Value Chain, from Processing to Marketing Peanuts and Peanut Products-Product Development (UGA 166)	Anna Resurreccion	University of Georgia
Enhancing the Peanut Value Chain, from Processing to Marketing Peanuts and Peanut Products- Economics/Marketing (UGA 165)	Wojciech Florkowski	University of Georgia
Enhancing the Peanut Value Chain, from Processing to Marketing Peanuts and Peanut Products-Processing (UGA 127)	Majeet Chinnan	University of Georgia
Innovative Procedures to Protect Therapeutic Foods From Aflatoxins in Developing Nations (COR 158)	Dan Brown	Cornell University
Association of Aflatoxins Biomarker Level with Health Status and HIV Disease (UAB 148)	Pauline Jolly	University of Alabama, Birmingham
Aflatoxin Financial and Health Risks along the Peanut Marketing Chain in Ghana (AUB 163)	Curtis Jolly	Auburn University
Enterosorbent Intervention Therapies for Populations at Risk for Aflatoxin-related Diseases (TAM 149)	Timothy Phillips	Texas A&M University
Development of Methods for Establishing a Global Network for Aflatoxin Exposure (UGA 145)	Jia-Sheng Wang	University of Georgia
Improving the Health and Livelihood of People of East Africa by Addressing Aflatoxin and Gender-related Constraints in Peanut Production, Processing, and Marketing (VT 134)	Maria Elisa Christie	Virginia Tech University
The Development of the Peanut Sector for Guyana and Selected Caribbean Countries (UF 155)	Gregory MacDonald	University of Florida
Peanut Consumption and Human Weight Management (PUR 150)	Richard Mattes	Purdue University
Aflatoxin-free Peanut-based Recovery and Functional Food (UGA 122)	Robert Phillips	University of Georgia
A Peanut Information Network and Train-the-trainer Program (UGA 124)	Genti Kostandini	University of Georgia
Peanut CRSP Management (UGA 110)	Jonathan Williams	University of Georgia
Peanut CRSP Program Support (UGA 111)	Jonathan Williams	University of Georgia