Results 1 - 6 of 6
1
[PROJECT] AFSPAN - "Aquaculture for Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Nutrition"
ID: 289760
Start date: 2012-01-01, End date: 2014-12-31
"Aquaculture is widely considered as important for enhancing food security, alleviating poverty and improving nutrition. However, little information is available concerning the direct and indirect impacts of aquaculture on food security and poverty alleviation in most develop...
Programme: FP7-KBBE
Record Number: 101755
Last updated on: 2015-03-10
[PROJECT] RP/PPR MARKVAC - Development of marker vaccines, companion diagnostic tests and improvement of epidemiological knowledge to facilitate control of rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants viruses
ID: 3670
Start date: 2005-01-01, End date: 2009-12-31
Rinderpest (RP) and peste des petits ruminants (PPR) control is considered a priority in the countries where the diseases are endemic (Africa, Middle East and West Asia). Because of their high mortality and high morbidity rates, RP and PPR are dreaded animal diseases included ...
Programme: FP6-INCO
Record Number: 73707
Last updated on: 2009-01-19
[PROJECT] SECUREFISH - IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY BY REDUCING POST HARVEST LOSSES IN THE FISHERIES SECTOR
ID: 289282
Start date: 2012-01-01, End date: 2014-12-31
Food security is a major concern for all countries in the face of population increase and diminishing energy and water supplies. Over one billion people in low and middle income countries suffer from malnutrition. To meet the UN Millennium Development Goals to eradicate hunge...
Programme: FP7-KBBE
Record Number: 101659
Last updated on: 2016-03-31
[PROJECT] INDIGENOVEG - Networking to promote the sustainable production and marketing of indigenous vegetables through urban and peri-urban agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.
ID: 15101
Start date: 2006-01-01, End date: 2008-06-30
Indigenous vegetables (IV) play an important role in the African diet, economy & environment. However, they have not featured significantly in the research agendas of international or local organisations, which have tended to focus on improved exotic varieties. IndigenoVeg aim...
Programme: FP6-INCO
Record Number: 78490
Last updated on: 2008-10-01
[PROJECT] TRYLEIDIAG - Simplified rapid molecular diagnosis and characterisation of Leishmaniasis and Human African Trypanosomiasis
ID: 15379
Start date: 2005-11-01, End date: 2009-10-31
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), caused by Trypanosoma brucei (T.b.) gambiense or T.b. rhodesiense, affects currently 500.000 people in sub-Saharan Africa. Visceral, cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniases (LEI) are caused by several Leishmania spec ies. Leishmaniases th...
Programme: FP6-INCO
Record Number: 78787
Last updated on: 2010-10-08
[PROJECT] INSTAPA - Novel staple food-based strategies to improve micronutrient status for better health and development in sub-Saharan Africa
ID: 211484
Start date: 2008-06-01, End date: 2013-11-30
Malnutrition, and especially deficiencies of micronutrients like iron, zinc and vitamin A, undermine the progress towards most of the Millennium Development Goals. In view of the serious coverage, compliance and safety concerns of supplementation, this project aims to identif...
Programme: FP7-KBBE
Record Number: 87952
Last updated on: 2017-05-29
1
List retrieved on: 2017-07-30
