The Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture provides scientific and technical support for Technical Co-operation Projects managed by the IAEA's Department of Technical Co-operation and FAO's Technical Co-operation Department.
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Active TC Projects of Plant Breeding and Genetics |
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| Region | Country | Project No. | 1st Year |
Project Title | Technical Officer |
| Africa | Algeria | ALG/5/023 | 2007 | Protection of date palm trees against bayoudh disease | P.J.L. Lagoda |
| Algeria | ALG/5/024 | 2007 | Improvement of cereals for tolerance to drought and resistance to disease | P.J.L. Lagoda | |
| Angola | ANG/5/006 | 2007 | Improvement of food crops through mutation breeding and biotechnology | M. Spencer | |
| Botswana | BOT/5/003 | 2007 | Mutational improvement of groundnut varieties | Q.Y. Shu | |
| Central African Republic | CAF/5/003 | 2007 | Development of new varieties of cassava through mutation breeding and biotechnology techniques | M. Spencer | |
| Eritrea | ERI/5/004 | 2007 | Improving crop productivity and combating desertification | P.J.L. Lagoda in collaboration with Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Section | |
| Ghana | GHA/5/032 | 2005 | Enhancing production and use of cassava | M. Spencer / Y. Lokko |
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| Mauritius | MAR/5/018 | 2007 | Improvement of banana and tomato varieties through the use of nuclear techniques for mutation induction and biotechnology | M. Spencer | |
| Niger | NER/5/012 | 2007 | Improvement of the productivity and sustainability of cowpea with finger millet | M. Spencer | |
| Nigeria | NIR/5/031 | 2003 | Radiation-induced mutations for the development of cowpea varieties | P.J.L. Lagoda | |
| Nigeria | NIR/5/035 | 2007 | Adding value to root and tuber crops through the use of mutation induction and biotechnologies | Y. Lokko | |
| Qatar | QAT/5/002 | 2007 | Developing biosaline agriculture in salt-affected areas in Qatar | P.J.L. Lagoda in collaboration with Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Section | |
| Senegal | SEN/5/030 | 2007 | Integrated approach to develop sustainable agriculture in Senegal | M. Spencer in collaboration with Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Section | |
| Sierra Leone | SIL/5/007 | 2005 | Development of high-yielding rice varieties for low-input agriculture systems using mutation techniques | Q.Y. Shu | |
| Sierra Leone | SIL/5/009 | 2007 | Improving sorghum productivity through nuclear and biotechnology | Q.Y. Shu | |
| South Africa | SAF/5/008 | 2005 | Mutant amaranth, bambara groundnut and cowpea with enhanced abiotic stress tolerance | Y. Lokko | |
| South Africa | SAF/5/010 | 2007 | Development of new maize and sorghum germplasm with enhanced nutritional content | Y. Lokko | |
| Sudan | SUD/5/030 | 2007 | Increasing productivity of selected crops using nuclear related techniques | Q.Y. Shu | |
| Tanzania | URT/5/023 | 2005 | Enhancing crop productivity through radiation technology | Q.Y. Shu | |
| Tunisia | TUN/5/023 | 2005 | Radiation-induced mutations for improvement of cactus | P.J.L. Lagoda | |
| Tunisia | TUN/5/024 | 2007 | Development of improved stains of olive tree through mutation breeding and biotechnology | P.J.L. Lagoda | |
| Congo | ZAI/5/016 | 2007 | Mutation techniques for improving nutritional and medicinal plants with a curative effect on human diseases and alimentary plants | M. Miranda / Q.Y. Shu / M. Spencer | |
| Zimbabwe | ZIM/5/013 | 2007 | Development of drought tolerant and disease resistant grain legumes, Phase I | Y. Lokko | |
| Regional Africa | RAF/5/049 | 2001 | Field Evaluation of Bayoud-Resistant Date Palm Mutants | M. Spencer | |
| RAF/5/056 | 2007 | Field evaluation and dissemination of improved crop varieties using mutation breeding and biotechnology techniques | M. Spencer | ||
| Asia and The Pacific | Afghanistan | AFG/5/003 | 2007 | Sustainable increase in crop production in Afghanistan | P.J.L. Lagoda in collaboration with Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Section |
| Bangladesh | BGD/5/026 | 2007 | Increasing agricultural production in the coastal area through improved crop, water and soil management | Q.Y. Shu | |
| China | CPR/5/017 | 2007 | Construction of radiation-induced mutant libraries and function analysis of mutated genes in crop plants | P.J.L. Lagoda | |
| Indonesia | INS/5/030 | 2001 | Sustainable agriculture development in Yogyakarta | M. Spencer | |
| Indonesia | INS/5/031 | 2001 | Mutation breeding of horticultural crops | M. Spencer | |
| Indonesia | INS/5/035 | 2007 | Application of nuclear techniques for screening and improving cash crop plants in coastal saline lands | Q.Y. Shu | |
| Iraq | IRQ/5/015 | 1999 | Induction of mutations in crops through in vitro culture | P.J.L. Lagoda | |
| Iraq | IRQ/5/017 | 2007 | Optimization of land productivity through the application of nuclear techniques and combined technologies | P.J.L. Lagoda | |
| Myanmar | MYA/0/007 | 2001 | Nuclear Science and Technology Training Centre (currently a Human Development Project) | P.J.L. Lagoda | |
| Myanmar | MYA/5/016 | 2007 | Development of rice varieties with improved iron content/bioavailability through nuclear techniques | P.J.L. Lagoda | |
| Pakistan | PAK/5/044 | 2005 | Improvement of drought tolerance in chickpea through induced mutations | M. Spencer | |
| Philippines | PHI/5/029 | 2003 | Enhancing agricultural productivity through radiation technology in Mindana | M. Spencer / Y. Lokko |
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| Uzbekistan | UZB/5/004 | 2007 | Development of mutant cotton breeding lines tolerant to diseases, drought and salinity | Y. Lokko / P.J.L. Lagoda | |
| Vietnam | VIE/5/015 | 2005 | Enhancement of quality and yield of rice mutants using nuclear and related techniques | Q.Y. Shu | |
| Yemen | YEM/5/007 | 2005 | Use of induced mutations and in vitro culture for improving crops | P.J.L. Lagoda | |
| Yemen | YEM/5/008 | 2007 | Introduction of gamma ray irradiation techniques for agriculture purposes | P.J.L. Lagoda | |
| Regional Asia and the Pacific and RCA | RAS/5/040 | 2001 | Enhancement of genetic diversity in food, pulses and oil crops and establishment of mutant germplasm network (RCA) | Q.Y. Shu / Y. Lokko |
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| RAS/5/045 | 2007 | Improvement of crop quality and stress tolerance for sustainable crop production using mutation techniques and biotechnology (RCA) | Q.Y. Shu | ||
| RAS/5/048 | 2007 | Mutation induction and supportive breeding and biotechnologies for improving crop productivity (ARASIA) | P.J.L. Lagoda | ||
| RAS/7/014 | 2003 | Monitoring of food fortification programmes using nuclear techniques | P.J.L. Lagoda | ||
| Europe | Turkey | TUR/5/023 | 2005 | Application of nuclear and gene-based biotechnology in agriculture | Q.Y. Shu |
| Regional Europe | RER/5/013 | 2007 | Evaluation of natural and mutant genetic diversity in cereals using nuclear and molecular techniques | Y. Lokko / Q.Y. Shu | |
| Latin America | Costa Rica | COS/5/025 | 2005 | Development of induced mutations and biotechnology for improved productivity and competitiveness | M. Spencer |
| Costa Rica | COS/5/027 | 2007 | Generation of promising strains of beans through induced mutations in calluses and seeds to increase competitiveness | M. Miranda / M. Spencer | |
| Ecuador | ECU/5/023 | 2007 | Inducing mutations in agriculture with the aid of radiation | M. Spencer / P.J.L. Lagoda | |
| Jamaica | JAM/5/010 | 2007 | Plant breeding and diagnostics technologies | Y. Lokko | |
| Peru | PER/5/028 | 2005 | Use of nuclear techniques to improve cotton production | Y. Lokko | |
| Peru | PER/5/030 | 2007 | Genetic improvement of quinoa and kiwicha using mutation induction and biotechnology | Y. Lokko | |
