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A -- EGYPT 96 REQUEST FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROPOSALS -- MANGO COLLABORATIVE APPLIED RESEARCH PROGRAM SOL C30150 DUE 102497 POC Contact Point, Ms. Genevieve Hanson, Development Associate, Tel (202) 785-2791, Fax 785-2078; e-mail: roncowash@aol.com. Application guidelines can be obtained for the following addresses In USA: Ms. Genevieve Hanson, Development Associate, RONCO Consulting Corporation, 2301 M. St., NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20037, e-mail: roncowash@aol.com; In Egypt: Dr. Ferial Hassan. ATUT Research Grants Coordinator, 9 Gamma Street (inside ARC), Giza, Egypt. Tel: 20-2-569- 3234/5/6/7, Fax: 20-2 -- 569-3238. This notice announces a call for collaborative research proposals for a horticulture program in the Egypt Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation under the Agricultural Technology Utilization and Transfer (ATUT) Project. The ATUT Project's Horticultural program is initiating Mango Collaborative Applied Research Program between Egyptian and American Scientists and their institutions. This program will award grants that focus on problems constraining the development of the mango industry. There are two (2) criterion that the collaborative research program will follow: 1) proposals should involve active collaboration between the participating Egyptian and American scientists; and 2) the proposal should address a single specific research topic (as described below) and preferably use a multi disciplinary approach. The research program will include two (2) general subject areas as follows: (1) Orchard Management -- determining water requirements, water quality, irrigation timing, ETO and KC for mango trees under the Egyptian conditions; and (2) Postharvest -- controlled atmosphere storage (CA) of mango fruits using proper temperature, O2, CO2, and ethylene levels. As noted the proposal should address one of these specific topics.=20 Details regarding the preparation and submission of proposals are in the guidelines available in both Egypt and the USA from the addresses noted above. Submission of Proposals are open to partied under AID Geographic Code 000 and Egypt. Universities, as well as the private sector, are encouraged to submit expressions of interest requests will allow US and Egyptian parties to discuss potential collaboration and agree on a better, more specific approach. Please note that telephone request will not be accepted. Submission of RFP Deadline: October 24, 1997, 4:00 p.m. local time. (0248)

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