Sustainable Crop Production Research for International Development (SCPRID)

Co-funding

Department for International Development
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - USA
Department of Biotechnology of India's Ministry of Science and Technology
Indian Council of Agricultural Research

Funding total

£16M

No. of projects funded

Purpose

To support high-quality basic and strategic biological and biotechnological research to improve the production of major food crops in developing countries.

Key aims

To enhance the livelihoods of poor people in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia by generating underpinning knowledge that will contribute to improving the sustainability of food crop production, particularly by small-holder farmers, and thereby reduce hunger and poverty and increase food security
To forge mutually-beneficial partnerships between researchers in the UK and developing countries that create trans-national added value through meaningful intellectual collaboration, and enhance the scientific capabilities of southern partners for the longer term

Contact

Amanda Read
dfid.bbsrc@bbsrc.ac.uk
tel: 01793 414665
fax: 01793 413234