Value-added processing of underutilised savanna tree seeds for improved food security and income generation in West Africa

Research project The West African savanna region has a fragile ecological system that is vulnerable to prolonged droughts and food shortages. It is shared by countries with some of the lowest per capita incomes in the world. The region is however well endowed with un ... Completion Report - Summary The project has aimed to optimize the processing of seeds from three semi-domesticated and wild trees common to the savanna region i.e. African locust bean, baobab and kapok trees, as means of improving income generatio ...
Period: 2009-10-1 to 2015-06-30 Countries: Burkina Faso Ghana Mali Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST), Burkina Faso Danish Technological Institute (DTI), Denmark University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (WECARD), Mali University of Development Studies (UDS), Ghana Project code: 09-072KU Total grant: 8,252,247 DKK
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