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Arresting the scourge of striga on sorghum in Africa by combining the strengths of marker-assisted backcrossing and farmer-participatory selection

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Coordinating organisation: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Description: Major Research Domain:
striga, sorghum, marker-assisted back crosssing, farmer-participatory backcrossing
Goal:
To increase household food security in sorghum-growing, Striga-infested areas of Eritrea, Kenya, Mali and Sudan through improved sorghum production
Budget (in &euro): 1100000
Start: 2004-04-01
End: 2007-03-31
Categories
ARD-theme: plant production
Target country: Eritrea
Kenya
Mali
Sudan
Activity: research
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Donor organisations: 1
Participating organisations: 4
Programmes funding: 1


Last editing: 2006-05-19 15:01:25