Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences Grant

Organization - Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Grant Amount - $100,000
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - toward the costs of developing new high-yielding, drought-tolerant aerobic rice varieties suitable to the specific uplands environment of the Yunnan Province of China, taking into account the socio-economic impacts of the increasing integration of regional markets


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