WARDA-The Africa Rice Center Grant

Organization - WARDA-The Africa Rice Center
Grant Amount - $885,597
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - toward the costs of field and laboratory research aimed at developing more drought-tolerant varieties of rice for farmers in drought-prone areas of sub-Saharan Africa


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