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Gates Foundation Awards $8.3 Million to Danforth Plant Science Center for BioCassava Plus Vitamin-Fortified Cassava
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The Gates Foundation granted $8.3 million to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center for Phase II of the BioCassava Plus programme, which engineers cassava — Africa's most widely consumed calorie source — with elevated beta-carotene, iron, zinc, and protein levels, plus virus resistance and extended post-harvest shelf life. The project partners with IITA and targets Nigeria and Kenya, where 250 million people depend on cassava as a dietary staple. Phase I funding of $7.5 million came from the Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health programme in 2005.
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