Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo

El Batan Texcoco Edo de Mexico, Mexico


Purpose

to improve nutritional outcomes, especially in women and children, by mainstreaming high grain zinc content as a breeding target for wheat, greatly increasing the rate of genetic gain for grain zinc content and grain yield

Division

Global Growth & Opportunity

Date

October 2019

Region Served

AFRICA, ASIA

Committed amount

$4,998,160

Grant topic

Agricultural Development

Duration (months)

74

Grantee location

El Batan Texcoco Edo de Mexico, Mexico

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