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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Grant
Organization - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Grant Amount - $300,000
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - 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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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) - $485,640 from the Rockefeller Foundation - toward the costs of developing for transfer and then transferring to scientists in Africa a cowpea breeding line resistant to pod-borer insects and of training and working with the African scientists to test its suitability to African environments
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) - $132,250 from the Rockefeller Foundation - in support of research on genetic engineering of cowpea to create new varieties resistant to insect pests called pod borers
Boston Public Health Commission - $2,003,772 from the Kellogg Foundation - improve the health and well-being of public housing residents in Boston and continue to inform local, state, and national housing policies for healthier homes through an integrated pest management and safer pest control program
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