International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Grant



Organization - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Grant Amount - $100,000
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - to sponsor its use of the services provided by InnoCentive, Inc. to seek solutions related to its efforts to employ technologies to effectively control damage to the African cowpea


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Rural Innovations Network - $100,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - to sponsor its use of the services provided by InnoCentive, Inc. to seek solutions related to its efforts to ensure that poor farmers, artisans, pastoralists and others in rural India benefit from grassroots innovations

Global Alliance for TB Drug Development - $100,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - to sponsor its use of the services provided by InnoCentive, Inc. to seek solutions related to its efforts to develop affordable, effective tuberculosis drugs that relieve the disease burden felt by poor people in developing countries

GlobalGiving Foundation - $100,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - to sponsor its use of the services provided by InnoCentive, Inc. to work with nonprofit institutions to seek solutions related to its efforts to design innovations in energy, water, and construction materials for poor people

SunNight Solar - $100,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - to sponsor its use of the services provided by InnoCentive, Inc. to seek solutions related to its efforts to develop solar-powered consumer products that have the potential to improve the livelihoods of poor communities worldwide

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) - $300,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - toward the costs of developing a cowpea breeding line resistant against pod-borer insects, a major pest of cowpea in Africa

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