Science and Technology for Enhancing the Contribution of Tropical Root Crops to Development in ACP countries
With duration of 36 months this project seeks to strengthen the science and technology capacity of ACP countries to use tropical root and tuber crops. It will contribute to a wide range of development issues including:
- poverty reduction
- food security
- enterprise development and income generation
- impacts of climate change and variability
- impacts of urbanisation, impacts of the global food crisis and global economic downturn
- opportunities provided by biofuels and
- export development
This will be achieved through partnership with the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC).
The project will be based in Uganda, Nigeria, Zambia, and the Caribbean, but will potentially benefit all ACP countries through professional interaction and capacity building activities.
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