BEAN/COWPEA COLLABORATIVE
RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAM
USAID
Initiative for Long-Term Training and Capacity Building
(UILTCB)
Program Announcement
(More updates will be
provided in the future)
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Overview
The Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support
Program
(CRSP) is a research and training program that supports international
research partnerships to increase the availability of beans and
cowpeas (which in the U.S. are mainly black-eyed peas). Participants,
from the Latin America and Caribbean
Region, East/Southern Africa Region,
West Africa Region and the
U.S., work in collaborative projects concentrating on all aspects of
food handling from improved production technologies or strategies
through food processing and the development of value-added products
especially for urban markets.
Beans and cowpeas provide both
carbohydrates and
protein in the diets of subsistence farm families and the urban poor
through
the world. They are an excellent alternative both for consumers
who cannot afford animal protein and for the nutritionally
conscientious.
For
additional information, contact the Bean/Cowpea CRSP Management Office
at:
321 Agriculture Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1039 U.S.A.
voice: (517) 355-4693
fax: (517) 432-1073
e-mail:
widders@msu.edu
email webmaster: morycmil@msu.edu
MSU is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Institution
Funded
by the Agency for International
Development
Grant No. DAN-G-SS-86-00008-00
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