Dar es Salaam — An agricultural research project spanning seven African countries has received financial assistance for a second phase to develop national diagnostic capacity for controlling devastating cassava diseases.
The US$9.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gate Foundation will be used to train virologists and buy diagnostic equipment for agricultural research institutes involved in combating cassava mosaic and cassava brown streak disease.
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