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Completed Research Projects

Project title Funder
Deciphering mechanisms of incompatibility in wide crosses of Solanum species and its wild relatives. TWAS/UNESCO
Improving production efficiency of African Eggplants (Solanum aethiopicum) for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. BBSRC/GCRF, UK
Development of a Gender Responsive Commercial Seed System for African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs) in Uganda NOW/WOTRO
Designing and implementing a University-Based Extension and Technology Dissemination programme for Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals innovations in Eastern Uganda at Uganda Christian University RUFORUM/ICRISAT
Phenotyping water use efficiency in Solanum aethiopicum, Shum group TWAS/UNESCO
Integrated soil fertility management options for small-scale vegetable farmers in Mukono and Wakiso, Cluster4 (Mukono-Wakiso Innovation Platform), Uganda Mukono/Wakiso platform IITA/Humidtropics
Enhancing nutrition security and incomes through adding value to indigenous vegetables in East and Central Uganda EU/FARA (PAEPARD)
Genetic improvement of farmer-preferred rice varieties to the stalk-eyed fly (Diopsis longicornis) an emerging pest in irrigated rice growing ecosystems in Uganda. EMBRAPA,Brazil
Developing genomic tools for Solanum aethiopicum breeding and gene discovery BeCA-ILRI/Syngenta/AUSAid