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Title	Opportunities for increased utilisation of bambara groundnut in Southern Africa
Status	finished
Description	Since the crop is grown on a small scale across much of sub-Saharan Africa, it would be impractical to assess the market demand for the crop across all of its areas of cultivation. Instead, in 1999 a preliminary project, funded by the Crop Post Harvest Programme (CPHP) of the UK Department for International Development (DFID), was established to investigate the factors that affect the processing and increased utilisation of bambara groundnut in two sub-Saharan countries, Zimbabwe and Swaziland. In this way, an initial baseline analysis of the marketing potential of the crop was obtained for a country with a relatively developed infrastructure (Zimbabwe) compared with a smaller, less developed economy (Swaziland).
Objectives	Food Security
Countries	Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Date Beginning	01/2000
Date End	09/2000
Area Of Activities	Marketing, Post Harvest / Processing
Activities and strategies	Enhancing Marketing
Describe activities and strategies used	For the technical Report please follow the link: http://www.genres.de/bambara/r_7527/
Geographic Focus	Regional
Agroecological Zone
Plant Species	Vigna subterranea
Animals
Partner Details	University of Nottingham, UK Dr Sayed Azam-Ali Project Co-ordinator E-mail: sayed.azam-ali@nottingham.ac.uk Technical University of Munich, Germany Dr Werner Schenkel E-mail: schenkel@pollux.weihenstephan.de Botswana College of Agriculture, Botswana Dr Elenimo Khonga E-mail: ebkhonga@temo.bca.bw Mahenene Research Station, Namibia Mr Klaus Fleissner E-mail: saromahe@iafrica.com.na University of Swaziland, Swaziland Prof Abu Sesay E-mail: Asesay@iafrica.sz German Centre for Documentation and Information Dr Frank Begemann E-mail: begemann@zadi.de Cranfield University Silsoe, UK Dr Robin Matthews E-mail: r.b.matthews@cranfield.ac.uk
Funding Institutions details	Crop Post Harvest Programme (CPHP) of the UK Department for International Development (DFID)
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Surname Firstname City Country
Azam-Ali Sayed Loughborough United Kingdom

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School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham United Kingdom Loughborough

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