Kenyatta University Grant

Organization - Kenyatta University
Grant Amount - $98,810
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - toward the costs of a project to use low-cost tissue culture techniques to boost preservation and production of virus-free cassava and bananas in Kenya, with a goal of lowering costs to small-scale farmers


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