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Global research themes GT-Agro-ecosystems development Completed projects |
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Eastern & Southern Africa (ESA) Region
Western & Central Africa (WCA) Region
| S:No | Donor | project title | duration | location | Principal investigator |
| Asia | |||||
| 1. | NATP, India | Identifying Systems for Carbon Sequestration and Increased Productivity in Semi-Arid Tropical Environments | 2000-2004 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 2. | APRLP, Andhra Pradesh, India | Convergence of Agricultural, Livestock Improvement Initiatives in Watersheds-Support to APRLP | 2002-2004 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 3. | CAZS, UK | Promotion of Rainfed Rabi Cropping in Rice Fallows of Eastern India and Nepal: Phase II | 2002-2006 | Patancheru | JVDK Kumar Rao |
| 4. | CAZS, UK | Improvement of Rainfed Cropping Systems in the High Barind Tract of Bangladesh | 2002-2006 | Patancheru | JVDK Kumar Rao |
| 5. | Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, India | Combating Land Degradation and Increasing Productivity in Madhya Pradesh and Eastern Rajasthan | 2002-2007 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 6. | ISNAR, CGIAR Centers | Revision of Intellectual Property Management Plans of the Mcknight Foundations Grantees of the Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP) | 2003-2003 | Patancheru | B Hanumantha Rao |
| 7. | NATP, India | Organic Matter Recycling and Enrichment | 2003-2003 | Patancheru | OP Rupela |
| 8. | IWMI, CGIAR Centers | Validation of Drivers for Bright Spots in the Area of Watershed Management and Joint Forest Management in India | 2003-2004 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 9. | DFID, UK (Through CRIDA, AP, India) | Enabling Rural Poor for Better Livelihoods Through Improved Natural Resources Management in SAT India | 2003-2004 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 10. | NRIL, UK | Evaluation of the Effects of Plant Diseases on the Yield and Nutritive Value of Crop Residues used for Peri-Urban Dairy Production on the Deccan Plateau, in India | 2003-2005 | Patancheru | PP Rao |
| 11. | Asian Development Bank, Thailand | Participatory Watershed Management for Reducing Poverty and Land Degradation in the Semi-Arid Tropics | 2003-2006 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 12. | IWMI, CGIAR Centers | Water Scarcity and Food Security in Tropical Rainfed Water Scarcity Systems : A Multi-Level Assessment of Existing Conditions, Response to Options and Future Potentials | 2003-2007 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 13. | USAID, USA | Developing Community based Water-Energy Services and Markets: A Pilot Project | 2003-2008 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 14. | IPGRI, CGIAR | Watershed Research at ICRISAT: Innovation Histories and Experiences of Action Learning in Practice | 2004-2005 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 15. | IWMI, CGIAR | Consultancy contract - Dr. SP Wani | 2004-2005 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 16. | IFAD | Desertification, Drought, Poverty and Agriculture Challenge Program | 2004-2005 | Patancheru | BI Shapiro |
| 17. | TVS Agri Science Research Institute, Chennai, India | TVS-SRI-ICRISAT Partnership Project | 2004-2007 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 18. | IDRC, Canada | Travel costs for the IDRC participants attending the Training Course being organized by CGIAR System-wide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights | 2005-2005 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 19. | IFPRI, CGIAR | Natural Resources Management and institutions: The links between Property Rights, Collective Action and Natural Resources Management | 2005-2005 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 20. | WWF | Quantifying the Nutrients of Tank-Silt for Knowledge-based Policy Dialogue on Tank Restoration | 2005-2005 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 21. | WWF | Quantifying the Nutrients of Tank-Silt for Knowledge-based Policy Dialogue on Tank Restoration | 2005-2006 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 22. | MOF, Finland | IPALAC Activities | 2005-2007 | Niamey | Dov Pasternak |
| 23. | Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, India | Preparation of Perspective Plan Under National Food for Work Program (NFFWP) Plan in Lakshmipur Kheri, Sitapur and Barabanki Districts in Uttar Pradesh | 2005-2007 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 24. | NOVOD, India | Development of Elite Planting Material and Model Plantation | 2005-2007 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 25. | APRLP/Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, India | Improved Livelihood Opportunities through Productivity Enhancement in Watersheds | 2005-2008 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 26. | ANGRAU/ Govt of Andhra Pradesh, India |
Collection, Evaluation of Germplasm, Standardization of Agrotechniques and Pilot Demonstrations for Jatropha curcas L in Rain Shadow Districts of Andhra Pradesh |
2005-2009 |
Patancheru |
SP Wani |
| 27. | Govt. of Karnataka, India |
2005-2009 |
Patancheru |
SP Wani |
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| 28. | Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, India | Scaling-out the Productivity Enhancement Initiatives of Consortium Model in Watersheds | 2006-2007 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 29. | Ministry of Agriculture, India | Mid-Term Evaluation (MTE) of selected 16 NWDPRA Watersheds in the Southern Zone of India | 2006-2007 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 30. | JBIC, Japan | Implementation of Service on Agriculture of Andhra Pradesh, India | 2006-2007 | Patancheru | J Kashiwagi |
| 31. | Ministry of Agriculture, India | Comprehensive Assessment of Watershed Programs in India | 2006-2008 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 32. | NOVOD, India | Development of Elite Planting Material and Model Plantation | 2006-2008 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 33. | Belgium | Oasis Pre-Proposal Workshop | 2007-2007 | Patancheru | BI Shapiro |
| 34. | IDRC New Delhi, Canada | Symposium on "Climate-Proofing Innovation for Poverty Reduction and Food Security" - 35th Anniversary Celebrations of ICRISAT | 2007-2007 | Patancheru | BI Shapiro |
| 35. | SFF/ICRISAT Endowment | Research in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Agon & Ghagas Villages in Gurgon District of Haryana | 2007-2007 | Patancheru | SP Wani |
| 36. | CAZS, UK | Promotion of Rainfed Rabi Cropping in Rice Fallows of Eastern India and Nepal | 2007-2007 | Patancheru | JVDK Kumar Rao |
| 37. | UNCCD | Preparation of Text and Statistics for Publication of a Dry Land Commodity Atlas | 2007-2007 | Patancheru | BI Shapiro |
| 38. | India -- Govt of Karnataka |
Mapping of nutrition deficiencies in soils of five districts in Karnataka |
2007-2009 |
Patancheru |
SP Wani |
| 39. | China |
Establishment of CAAS-ICRISAT-ICARDA Joint Centre of Excellence for Dry Land Agriculture |
2007-2009 |
Patancheru |
D Hoisington |
| 40. | Dept of Land Resources, Govt of India |
Capacity building training programme under common guidelines 2008 for watershed development project |
2008-2009 |
Patancheru |
SP Wani |
| 41. | World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) |
Dilogue on Water, Food and the Environment |
2008-2009 |
Patancheru |
G Biksham |
| 42. | GTZ, Germany, New Delhi |
Watershed Capacity Building in Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand |
2008-2009 |
Patancheru |
SP Wani |
| 43. | WWF |
Producing more food grain with less water- Promoting farm-based methods to improve water productivity |
2009-2009 |
Patancheru |
G Biksham |
| 44. | ACIAR |
Cropping system diversification, capacity building and rural livelihoods in Afghanistan |
2009-2009 |
Patancheru |
SP Wani |
| 45. | JIRCAS |
Upgradation of Central Analytical Services Laboratory (CASL) at ICRISAT |
2009-2009 |
Patancheru |
SP Wani |
| Eastern and Southern Africa | |||||
| 1. | CGIAR-Centers - CIAT/PRGA | Support for Workshop on Linking Logics II : A Joint Venture Between the PRGA Program, the SWNM Program ICRISAT and CIMMYT to Further Explore Linkages Between Farmer Participatory Research Approaches and Computer Based Simulation Modeling to Increase Crop | 2001-2003 | Bulawayo | SJ Twomlow |
| 2. | DANIDA/KVL | Pigeonpea-Based Maize Production in Semi-Arid Eastern and Southern Africa (PIMASA) | 2001-2005 | Nairobi | SN Silim |
| 3. | DANIDA (thru ILRI) | ILRI/ICRISAT/IITA/NARES Project on Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems in West and Central Africa | 2002-2003 | Bulawayo | Steve Twomlow |
| 4. | COSV, Italy | Technical Support and Monitoring of Seed Relief in Hwange District | 2003-2003 | Bulawayo | David Rohrbach |
| 5. | FAO, Zimbabwe | Support of the Monitoring and Assessment of Agricultural Relief Programs in Zimbabwe | 2003-2003 | Bulawayo | David Rohrbach |
| 6. | CRS, Zimbabwe | Community Seed Production and Soil Fertility Management through FFS | 2003-2004 | Bulawayo | David Rohrbach |
| 7. | CRS, Zimbabwe | Increasing Returns to Relief Distributions through Soil Management and FFS | 2003-2004 | Bulawayo | David Rohrbach |
| 8. | FAO, Zimbabwe | Establishment and Implementation of Junior Farmer Field Schools in Zimbabwe | 2003-2004 | Bulawayo | David Rohrbach |
| 9. | FAO, Zimbabwe | Support of Growing Fodder Crops in Midlands, Matabeleland North and South Provinces (Zimbabwe) | 2003-2004 | Bulawayo | David Rohrbach |
| 10. | EU/ASARECA | Coordination of Activities Within SWM Network | 2003-2005 | Nairobi | KPC Rao |
| 11. | EU/ASARECA | Regional Program to Support Agricultural Research in East Africa - SWMNet | 2003-2005 | Nairobi | KPC Rao |
| 12. | EU/ASARECA | SWMNET Secretariat Work Plan | 2003-2005 | Nairobi | KPC Rao |
| 13. | Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania | Productivity of Water in Agriculture and Interacting Systems: Approaches and Options for Eastern Africa | 2003-2007 | Nairobi | KPC Rao |
| 14. | ACIAR, Australia | Improved Fertilizer Recommendations and Policy for Dry Regions of Southern Africa | 2003-2007 | Bulawayo | JP Dimes |
| 15. | Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania |
Productivity of Water in Agriculture and Interacting Systems: Approaches and Options for Eastern Africa |
2003-2008 |
Nairobi |
K P C Rao |
| 16. | FAO, Zimbabwe | Support of the Implementation of Junior Farmer Field Schools (JFFS) in HIV/AIDS Affected Communities in Zimbabwe | 2004-2004 | Bulawayo | David Rohrbach |
| 17. | FAO, Zimbabwe | Support of the Development of Set of Options for Governments, Donors and NGO's in relief and recovery programs | 2004-2004 | Bulawayo | David Rohrbach |
| 18. | FAO, Zimbabwe | Support of the Monitoring and Assessment of Agricultural Relief Programs in Zimbabwe | 2004-2004 | Bulawayo | David Rohrbach |
| 19. | CINS, Kenya | Technical Support in the preparation of Training Modules on Farm-level Sorghum Seed Management in Somalia | 2004-2005 | Nairobi | RB Jones |
| 20. | NRSP, UK | Institutionalized Scaling-up and Uptake Promotion of Outputs from Soil and Water Management Research in East and Central Africa | 2004-2007 | Nairobi | Nuhu Hatibu |
| 21. | IDRC, Canada |
Increasing the Impacts of Soil Fertility Research in Southern Africa |
2004-2008 |
Bulawayo |
IJ Minde |
| 22. | DFID, UK, Zimbabwe |
Support to DFID funded NGOs Implementing the Protracted Relief Program |
2004-2008 |
Bulawayo |
Steve Twomlow/ David Rohrbach |
| 23. | NRSP, UK | Execution of Concept note Preparation Meeting in Nairobi - ICRISAT-SWMnet. | 2005-2005 | Nairobi | N Hatibu |
| 24. | IFAD, thru ASARECA | The Implementation of the Establishment and Start-Up Phase Activities of the "Improved Management of Agricultural Water In Eastern and Southern Africa" (IMAWESA) Project | 2005-2006 | Nairobi | N Hatibu |
| 25. | EU/ASARECA | Market-oriented Approaches for Integrated Management of Soil-Water and Nutrients for Crops in East and Central Africa: Managing Nutrients and Water together in Response to Markets | 2005-2007 | Nairobi | N Hatibu |
| 26. | EU/ASARECA | Provision of Scientific Partnership Services for SWMNet | 2005-2007 | Nairobi | KPC Rao |
| 27. | MOF, Netherlands |
Associate Experts Program - Dr Paul Belder |
2005-2008 |
Bulawayo |
Steve Twomlow/JP Dimes |
| 28. | World Bank Institute(WBI) | Documenting and Disseminating Good Practices and Farmer Innovation in Agricultural Water Management in Africa | 2008-2008 | Nairobi | Bancy Mati s |
| 29. | IFPRI, CGIAR |
Consultancy Contract to Finalize IFPRI/ICRISAT Discussion Papers - Supply of Pigeonpea Genetic Resources in Local Markets of Eastern Kenya and Where to access CGRs? Supply of Minor Millets through Local Market Hubs, Dharmpuri District, Tamilnadu, India |
2008-2008 |
Nairobi |
RB Jones |
| 30. | FAO, Zimbabwe |
Assessing the promotion of conservation farming adoption among the smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe |
2009-2009 |
Bulawayo |
Steve Twomlow |
| 31. | Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Zimbabwe |
Seed production for sorghum, pearl millet, groundnuts and cow peas in Zimbabwe |
2009-2009 |
Bulawayo |
I Minde |
| West and Central Africa | |||||
| 1. | ILRI/SLP, CGIAR | Improving Crop Live-Stock Systems in the Dry Savanna of West and Central Africa Nigeria and Mali | 1999-2007 | Niamey | R Tabo |
| 2. | CEC, USA | A Network for : Harmonization of Climate Prediction for Mitigation of Global Change in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa - CLIMAG West Africa | 2001-2003 | Bamako | R Tabo |
| 3. | DANIDA (thru ILRI) | Intensification of Integrated Crop-livestock Systems in the Dry Savannas of West Africa (IITA-ILRI-ICRISAT) | 2002-2003 | Niamey | R Tabo |
| 4. | Japan | Postdoctoral Fellowship to Work with ICRISAT at Niamey | 2002-2003 | Niamey | S Koala |
| 5. | World Bank/Netafim | Development Marketplace : Integrated Family Drip Irrigation Systems for Smallholders | 2002-2003 | Niamey | D Pasternak |
| 6. | UNEP/GEF | Desert Margins Program (DMP) - Phase I | 2002-2004 | Niamey | S Koala |
| 7. | USA | Fertilizer Micro-dosing of Small Farmer Prosperity in the Sahel | 2002-2004 | Bamako/Niamey | R Tabo |
| 8. | Canada, IDRC | Market Gardens in the Sahel: Fruit-Trees and Vegetables for Land Regeneration and Management | 2002-2005 | Niamey | S Koala |
| 9. | USA | Arresting Land and Environmental Degradation in Africa Semi-Arid Tropics thru Income Generating Integrated Natural Resources Management | 2002-2005 | Niamey | Dov Pasternak |
| 10. | IDRC, Canada | International Symposium for Sustainable Dry Land Agriculture Systems, Niamey, Niger | 2003-2003 | Niamey | Dov Pasternak |
| 11. | START, USA | Bytes for Bites: Translating Climate Forecasts into Enhanced Food Security for the Sahel | 2003-2004 | Bamako | PCS Traore |
| 12. | USA | Developing the Gum Arabic Sector in Niger | 2003-2006 | Niamey | D Pasternak |
| 13. | DGCD, Belgium | Improved Livelihood in the Sahel through the Development and Implementation of Household-Level Bio-economic Decision Support Systems | 2003-2008 | Niamey | B Gerard |
| 14. | McKnight Foundation, USA | Support for Workshop "Millet and Sorghum-based Systems in West Africa: Current Knowledge and Enhancing Linkages to Improve Food Security" | 2004-2004 | Niamey | S Koala |
| 15. | AGRHYMET, Niger | Gestion Communautaire Des Paturages En Zone Sahelienne Et Soudano-Sahelienne (GCP) A Fakara Au Niger | 2004-2006 | Niamey | Bruno Gerard |
| 16. | USA | Introduction of the African Market Garden to the Semi Arid Tropics of West and Central Africa | 2004-2007 | Niamey | Dov Pasternak |
| 17. | CPWF, IWMI (thru IRRI) | Enhancing Rainwater and Nutrient Use Efficiency for Improved Crop Productivity, Farm Income and Rural Livelihoods in the Volta Basin | 2004-2009 | Niamey | R Tabo |
| 18. | CORAF, Senegal | Combining Water Harvest Techniques and Nutrient Management to Sustain Food Production in the Dry Lands of West Africa | 2005-2008 | Niamey | R Tabo |
| 19. | Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia | The Dates for the Sahel Project: Supporting Sahelian Countries in Combating Poverty through Date Palm Cultivation and Youth Employment (Training at ICRISAT Sadoré) | 2005-2008 | Naimey | Dov Pasternak |
| 20. | MOF, Netherlands | Associate Experts Program - Mr Lennart Woltering | 2005-2008 | Niamey | Dov Pasternak/S Koala |
| 21. | CIDA, Canada |
An Aflatoxin Risk Early Warning System to Improve Nutrition, Health and Income in West African Smallholders Farms |
2006-2008 |
Bamako |
PCS Traore |
| 22. | CERAAS, Senegal |
Fertilizer Micro-Dosing and Drought Tolerant Varieties Technology for Small Farmer Prosperity in the Sahel. |
2006-2009 |
Niamey |
R.Tabo |
| 32. | CERAAS, Senegal |
Promoting Use of Indigenous Phosphate Rock for Soil Recapitalization Fertility in Sahel |
2006-2009 |
Niamey |
R Tabo |
| 24. | ICCAE, Japan | ICCAE and ICRISAT on Capacity Building Program | 2007-2008 | Niamey | K Hayashi |
| 25. | American Jewish World Service (AJWS), USA |
Techno-Agriculture Innovation for Poverty Alleviation (TIPA) in Senegal - Expansion year 2 |
2007-2008 |
Niamey |
Dov Pasternak |
| 26. | ILRI, CGIAR | Identifying Livestock-based Risk Management and Coping Option to Reduce Vulnerability to Droughts in Agro-pastoral and Pastoral Systems in East and West Africa | 2007-2009 | Niamey | Bruno Gerard |
| 27. | The International Foundation, USA | Increase the Production of Sahel gum Arabic & Encourage New Crops for Economic Development | 2008-2008 | Niamey | Dov Pasternak |
| 28. | World Bank |
Technical Support to the "Unite de Gestion et de Suivi" of the d'Acacia Senegal Plantation Project in Niger |
2008-2009 |
Niamey |
A Nikiema |
| 29. | IFPRI |
Study on sustainable land management (SLM) public expenditure review and analytical underpinnings for prioritizing investments in the governments' SLM investment frameworks. |
2009-2009 |
Bamako |
P C S Traore |
