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.
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 |
Management Entity
Focus Countries
Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia.
Award No. AID-ECG-A-00-07-0001
Award Amount $13,473,096
Program Director
Dr. Jonathan H. Williams
Assistant Director
Dr. Carolyn Fonseca