Groundnut Improvement for Smallholder Farmers in Asia

Timor Leste, Philippines, India

The project overall goal was to help alleviate rural poverty by raising incomes and food and nutritional security of poor smallholder groundnut farmers in Asia. The main purpose of the project was to ensure regular and sustainable increases in groundnut productivity and the profitability of groundnut cultivation through genetic enhancement in partnership with National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS ) in Asia.