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Welcome to AATF
The African Agriculture Technology Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation designed to facilitate and promote public/private partnerships for the access and delivery of appropriate proprietary agricultural technologies for use by resource-poor smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Featured Projects
Striga Control Project

Striga (witchweed) is a parasitic weed that seriously constrains the productivity of staples such as maize, sorghum, millet and upland rice in Sub-Saharan Africa. The use of IR-Maize technology to control Striga leads to yields 38–82% higher than those currently obtained from traditional maize varieties.

PROJECT NEWS
Striga Project in the News
The Striga project made news lately, thanks to its outputs that have greatly contributed towards the elimination of hunger in Africa
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Cowpea Improvement

The pod borer (Maruca vitrata) inflicts severe damage to cowpea leading to yield losses of between 70–80% in severe infestations. Spraying with insecticide has not been widely adopted by farmers due to the prohibitive costs. AATF is addressing this problem by facilitating the development of Maruca-resistant transgenic cowpea varieties, thereby minimising insecticide use and its effects on health and the environment.

PROJECT NEWS
Aussie TJ Higgins receives GRDC Seed of Light Award
One of Australia's leading researchers in plant gene technology, Dr TJ Higgins, has been recognised for his advocacy of and commitment to communicating the outcomes of scientific research.
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Banana Improvement

Banana bacterial wilt disease threatens production of banana in the Great Lakes region, leading to a 50% decline in household incomes from banana sales and a corresponding increase in banana prices. Disease control methods currently in use have not been successful and hence the need for exploring feasible alternatives. AATF has brokered access to a gene from Academia Sinica in Taiwan that is currently being used to transform bananas for resistance against BBW.

PROJECT NEWS
Reduced cost of tissue culture banana can help control spread of Banana Bacterial Wilt in Great Lakes region
The cost of tissue culture banana plantlets can be reduced by up to 60% through effective and efficient banana tissue culture practices.
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Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) Project

Drought is the most important constraint of African agriculture severely af­fecting maize, the most important African staple food crop. The WEMA partnership was formed in response to a growing call by African farmers, leaders, and scientists to address the effects of drought in a way that is cost ef­fective to African smallholder farmers.

PROJECT NEWS
GM maize for local trials by 2010
Kenya will soon start confined field trials of drought-tolerant transgenic maize variety in a project spearheaded by Kenya Agricultural Research Institute.
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