From: Developing GM super cassava for improved health and food security: future challenges in Africa
Project consortium partners | Roles | Country |
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Major consortium partners | Â | Â |
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (DDPSC) | Overall project management and scientific leadership, product development, communication, biosafety and regulatory affairs, intellectual property rights (IPRs), technical affairs and finance | USA |
National Root Crop Research Institute (NRCRI) | Finance, crop breeding, laboratory, field trials and logistics | Nigeria |
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) | Crop breeding, laboratory and field trials | Kenya |
Other consortium partners | Â | Â |
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) | Cassava breeding and genetic transformation, field trials | Colombia |
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) | Cassava breeding, nutrition assessment | Nigeria |
Ohio State University | Cassava genetic transformation | USA |
University of Bath | Cassava genetic transformation | UK |
Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH) | Cassava genetic transformation | Switzerland |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | Donor | USA |
Monsanto | Donor | USA |