Project funding and management
TAMASA is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and is implemented by CIMMYT and IITA . Key institutional partnerships within TAMASA include the International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI; co-development of a site-specific nutrient management decision support tool), the African Soils Information Service (AfSIS ;collaborative access to geospatial data and derived analytical products) and the Universities of Leuven, Reading and Wageningen for PhD capacity development. Key institutional partners within each country include Bayaro University in Kano, Nigeria (BUK), The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) in Ethiopia, and Selian and Uyole Research institutes in Tanzania.