Oxfam America Grant

Organization - Oxfam America
Grant Amount - $265,650
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - for the costs of research (1) to assess the benefits, costs and potential risks of developing-country small-scale farmers' use of transgenic cotton and (2) to examine the process of and produce a set of guidelines for developing appropriate biosafety regulations


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