Period of Implementations
Dec 01, 2019 - Oct 31, 2021
Total budget
47,500
Project Name
Delivering Durum Wheat Heat Tolerant Varieties to Sub-Saharan Farmers
About
Providing large quantities of seeds to SSA farmers for 3 ICARDA and 1 CIMMYT durum wheat genotypes that showed great promise when tested along the Senegal River
Impact
Goals
Send 100kg of improved varieties of durum wheat seeds to African partners, record relevant data, and develop a manual on wheat cultivation with a communications campaign.
Objectives
Provide seeds, test adaptation, and promote cultivation in SSA
Impact pathways
CGIAR seeds > SSA farmers grow it >> collect yield and production infromation >> Promote to neighboring farmers >> Raise rural income and nutritional security
Locations
Algeria
Benin
Cameroon
Chad
Côte d’Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Mali
Nigeria
Somalia
Togo
Zambia
28, 3
9.5, 2.25
6, 12
15, 19
8, -5
13.4667, -16.5667
8, -2
17, -4
10, 8
10, 49
8, 1.1667
-15, 30
Project Management
Filippo Maria Bassi
Manager
