Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program

(Peanut CRSP)

Gender/Aflatoxin and Impacts of Policies and Research on Peanut Production in West Africa
 

Year: Phase II, 1998-2007
Grant #: USAID/University of Georgia LAG-4048-G-00-6013-00, RD710-013/4184887
Grant Amount: $341,077
Location: Senegal, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and a regionally-focused project covering all of Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean

The Peanut CRSP, managed by the University of Georgia, seeks to promote economic growth and improve human health and nutrition through peanut research. OIRED-led socioeconomic research conducted in West Africa (Senegal) includes the consequences of policy changes and the impact of peanut research on peanut production. The Aflatoxin project is examining gender roles and strategies for preventing aflatoxin contamination in peanuts. Aflatoxin contamination is a major health problem in West Africa.

	Dr. Archileo Kaay of Makerere University buys peanuts at the market in Gulu, northern Uganda as Dr. Tim Williams, director of the Peanut CRSP, and Pauline Lukwayi, northern representative of the National Association of Women Organizations in Uganda, look on.
	Tim Williams tours the Food Science and Technology labs at Makerere University accompanied by Dr. Archileo Kaaya and Dr. Benjamin Sentongo.
	Little boys play in a peanut field in the Gulu district of northern Uganda while their mothers work the land.
	Peanut farmers watch while their fields are inspected.