CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Economists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of California, Berkeley, today announced a collaboration that could help chart a pathway out of poverty for millions of farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa.
To read the full press release visit the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's web site.
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