FP2-2 - Pearl Millet-West Central Africa

CRP on Dryland Cereals - DC

Overview: FP2-2 - Pearl Millet-West Central Africa

FP2-1 - FP2-3

Leader Malick Niango BA, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT

Team members: 6
Partner organizations: 17

Budget 2024
USD : 0

Activities/Products: 7

Atlas

Activities/Products

Code	Activity/Product Name	Leader	Co-leader	Total Outputs	Output types	View
FP2-2.1	Population cycle bulks & experimental open-pollinated varieties	Charles Hash	Eva Weltzien	1
FP2-2.2	Identify genomic regions, and possibly SNP markers	Ignatius Angarawai	Charles Hash	1
FP2-2.3	Evaluate pearl millet landrace germplasm & breeding lines for resistance to the millet head miner	Malick Niango BA	Charles Hash	2
FP2-2.10	Establish, confirm or enhance breeding populations and/or heterotic pools for target ecologies through appropriate pre-breeding interventions.	Alphonse Singbo		2
FP2-2.11	Improve grain yield and biomass production	Alphonse Singbo		2
FP2-2.12	Improve grain and stover quality traits, including grain micronutrient content	Alphonse Singbo		1
FP2-2.13	Improve tolerance or resistance to abiotic stresses	Alphonse Singbo		2

Personnel Involved

Alphonse Singbo

Charles Hash

Eva Weltzien

Ignatius Angarawai
Scientist

Malick Niango BA
Principal Scientist- Entomology

Shoba Sivasankar
CRP Director, Dryland Cereals

Partners

Purdue University
United States, Lafayette
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
http://www.purdue.edu/

University of Ghana, West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement-UG - WACCI
Ghana, Legon
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
http://www.wacci.edu.gh/

Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto-Nigeria-UDUS
Nigeria, Sokoto
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
http://www.udusok.edu.ng/

University of Hohenheim-UHOH
Germany, Stuttgart
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/english

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger -INRAN
Niger, Niamey
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://inran.refer.ne

Institut d'Economie Rurale-IER
Mali, Bamako
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://www.ier.gouv.ml/

Centre National de Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Institut de l'Environement et de Recherche Agricole-CNRST- INERA
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://www.inera.bf

Agricultural Research Corporation-ARC Sudan
Sudan, Wad Madani
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://www.arcsudan.sd/

Lake Chad Research Institute-LCRI
Nigeria, Maiduguri
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://www.lcrimaid.gov.ng/index.php/component/content/article/78-featured/72-article-a

Institut Senegalais de la Recherche Agricole-ISRA
Senegal, Dakar
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://www.isra.sn/

Savanna Agricultural Research Institute-SARI
Ghana, Tamale
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://www.csir.org.gh/index.php/about-us/structure-organisation

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas-ICARDA
Lebanon, Beirut
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
https://www.icarda.org/

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics-ICRISAT
India, Hyderabad
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
http://www.icrisat.org

International Livestock Research Institute-ILRI
Kenya, Nairobi
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
http://www.ilri.org/

Mcknight Foundation
United States, Minneapolis
Financing Institutions (including Foundations)
https://www.mcknight.org/

Federation of Unions of Farmers' Groups of Niger-MOORIBEN
Niger, Niamey
International Development Organizations (including Development Projects)
http://www.mooriben-niger.org/

FUMA Gaskiya Farm Union Federation-FUMA
Nigeria,
International Development Organizations (including Development Projects)
http://equatorinitiative.org/index.php?option=com_winners&view=winner_detail&id=190&Itemid=683&lang=en