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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.
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