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Table 1 BioCassava Plus Project consortium partners

From: Developing GM super cassava for improved health and food security: future challenges in Africa

Project consortium partners

Roles

Country

Major consortium partners

  

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

  

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