Purpose
to increase dramatically the rate of improvement for the staple root crop cassava, beginning by strengthening conventional breeding programs in Nigeria and Uganda by hastening the time to flower and improving the seed set of cassava
Grantee
Division
Global Growth & Opportunity
Date
SEPTEMBER 2012
Region served
AFRICA
Committed amount
$21,279,144
Grant topic
Agricultural Development
Duration (months)
84
Grantee location
Ithaca, New York, United States
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