Indira Gandhi Agricultural University Grant

Organization - Indira Gandhi Agricultural University
Grant Amount - $217,140
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - toward the costs of development and distribution of drought-tolerant rice varieties to farmers in eastern India through rice genetic improvement and farmer participatory selection techniques


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