International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Grant



Organization - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Grant Amount - $124,800
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - toward the costs of the on-farm testing and seeds component of the Southern Africa Drought and Low Soil Fertility Network's project to develop, and now disseminate, drought-tolerant varieties of maize


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