Purpose
to improve land and labor productivity of African smallholder farms by designing and testing a new concept for a seeder machine, which uses only two rotating parts, to enable more efficient and effective planting of crops.
Grantee
Division
Global Growth & Opportunity
Date
OCTOBER 2013
Region served
AFRICA
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Agricultural Development
Duration (months)
25
Grantee location
Viçosa, Brazil
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