Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Grant
Organization - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Grant Amount - $132,250 Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation Grant Purpose - in support of research on genetic engineering of cowpea to create new varieties resistant to insect pests called pod borers
University of Nairobi - $8,429 from the Rockefeller Foundation - in support of research assessing the likelihood of insect pests becoming resistant to insecticidal proteins produced in transgenic maize
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
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute - $220,550 from the Rockefeller Foundation - in support of research to be conducted in collaboration with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center on development of insect-resistant maize for Africa
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