McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crop Research Program

McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crop Research Program

Started in 1993, The McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP) program provides funds to increase food security in the developing world.[1] As of 2008, the CCRP Program is led by Program Director Jane Maland Cady.[2]

Contents

Partial list of projects

  • West African Sorghum and other crops[3]
  • Research into underutilized crops[4]

References

  1. ^ About the CCRP, retrieved 2007-07-28.
  2. ^ Mcknight.org site, retrieved 2009-04-01.
  3. ^ WEST AFRICAN CROP RESEARCH PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION COLLABORATIVE CROP RESEARCH PROGRAM, retrieved 2007-07-28.
  4. ^ Global facilities unit for underutilized species, Neglected, underutilized, and "orphan" crops, retrieved 2007-07-28.

Further reading

  • Manning, Richard, Food's Frontier: The Next Green Revolution, North Point Press, 2000, ISBN 0865475938

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