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Project
Title EU FP 3 bambara groundnut project 
Status finished 
Description The project involved a multidisciplinary approach designed to rapidly assess the potential of bambara groundnut for different environments in Africa. The aims of the programme were to define agro-ecological regions that are suitable for bambara groundnut, to investigate genetic variation in yield potential, to suggest management practices that may stabilize yield in environments with variable rainfall and to assess the nutritional and food potential of contrasting genotypes.

Field experiments in Tanzania, Botswana and Sierra Leone were linked with controlled-environment studies and analysis at the Universities of Nottingham and Wageningen.  
Objectives Food Security 
Countries  
Date Beginning 1991/01 
Date End 1994/01 
Area Of Activities Plant Genetic Resources 
Activities and strategies
Describe activities and strategies used The preliminary controlled-environment research at Nottingham and Wageningen identified the fundamental characteristics of bambara groundnut in terms of its growth and yield in response to intercepted radiation, accumulated temperature and seasonal water use. Using this knowledge, a programme of experiments targeted at measuring the factors believed to control bambara groundnut productivity in semi-arid field environments was completed over three seasons. By integrating field and controlled-environment studies, recommendations for appropriate growing regions, crop management practices and breeding objectives for bambara groundnut were produced within the timeframe of the project.
Geographic Focus Regional 
Agroecological Zone  
Plant Species Vigna subterranea 
Animals  
Partner Details
Funding Institutions details European Community 
Budget  

List of Experts
SurnameFirstnameCityCountry
Azam-AliSayedLoughboroughUnited Kingdom
BergerAlbert FreisingGermany


List of Institutions
NameCountryCity
School of Biosciences, University of NottinghamUnited KingdomLoughborough



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