THE PSP COMMISSIONS RESEARCH TO IMPROVE THE LIVELIHOODS
OF RESOURCE-POOR FARMERS IN THE TROPICS

The current management contract for the PSP programme is due to finish in April 2006. The annual research budget of the PSP varies from year-to-year and is between £1.5 and 1.8 million.

Over its lifetime, the PSP has divided its funds between five research themes or ouputs.

The PSP funds research across the whole spectrum, from strategic to adaptive research.

PSP's broad spectrum of research encompasses the latest biotechnology techniques for screening and breeding for drought/disease tolerance through to the development of key technologies - simple, low-cost interventions, the impacts of which are large enough to induce farmers to make other, perhaps more risky or more costly, changes in agronomic practices in order to make yet further gains.

Projects are funded that are demand-led and particular attention is paid to the poverty focus of research. Care is taken to maximise impact of the outputs of research by clear identification of uptake pathways before the project begins.

The PSP promotes uptake through workshops, publications, training, conferences, reviews and networking.

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