University of Pretoria Grant



Organization - University of Pretoria
Grant Amount - $102,490
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - for use by its Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development to study the economic, socio-economic and health effects of the production and consumption of stem borer resistant, transgenic white maize in South Africa


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