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Project Objectives

To enable smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa have access to appropriate Striga management technologies such as seed of Imazapyr-resistant (IR) maize, Striga tolerant varieties, suppression and trap cropping management systems and soil fertility management.

	Cowpea Improvement
	Banana Improvement
	Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) Project

	Scientists confront a 'witch'
	In western Kenya, Striga has for ages caused anguish to farmers, leading some to associate the havoc it wreaks with a curse or a bewitching. ... Read More
	Striga Project in the News
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