Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo

El Batan Texcoco Edo de Mexico, Mexico


Purpose

to decrease hunger and poverty by enhancing the capabilities of African breeding programs that deliver products to smallholders by establishing a nonprofit, African based, service provider that generates fixed lines for maize breeders (private and public) using rapid fixation technologies (single-seed-decent procedures and dihaploid technology)

Division

Global Growth & Opportunity

Date

May 2012

Region Served

AFRICA

Committed amount

$5,987,053

Grant topic

Agricultural Development

Duration (months)

65

Grantee location

El Batan Texcoco Edo de Mexico, Mexico

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