Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Grant

Organization - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Grant Amount - $132,250
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - in support of research on genetic engineering of cowpea to create new varieties resistant to insect pests called pod borers


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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) - $300,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - toward the costs of developing a cowpea breeding line resistant against pod-borer insects, a major pest of cowpea in Africa

University of Nairobi - $8,429 from the Rockefeller Foundation - in support of research assessing the likelihood of insect pests becoming resistant to insecticidal proteins produced in transgenic maize

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) - $485,640 from the Rockefeller Foundation - toward the costs of developing for transfer and then transferring to scientists in Africa a cowpea breeding line resistant to pod-borer insects and of training and working with the African scientists to test its suitability to African environments

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center - $219,950 from the Rockefeller Foundation - in support of research to be conducted in collaboration with the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute on development of insect-resistant maize for Africa

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute - $220,550 from the Rockefeller Foundation - in support of research to be conducted in collaboration with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center on development of insect-resistant maize for Africa

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