International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Grant

Organization - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Grant Amount - $490,000
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - toward the costs of developing, with the use of biotechnology, cassava varieties that are resistant to the Cassava Brown Streak Disease


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