Asilomar Bio
Emeryville, California, United States
Purpose
to improve the productivity of smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa by developing a cost-effective tool for controlling the parasitic plant Striga through the field application of a low-cost synthetic strigolactone before planting to induce germination and death of the Striga parasite in the absence of a host
Division
Global Growth & Opportunity
Date
August 2014
Region Served
AFRICA
Committed amount
$663,600
Grant topic
Agricultural Development
Duration (months)
24
Grantee location
Emeryville, California, United States
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