African Development Bank Grants $63M to Multi-CGIAR Center Food and Agriculture Initiative
March 9, 2012| |
A fund package amounting to US$ 63.24 million from the African Development Bank (ADB) will support a 5-year project on "Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa" (SARD-SC). The project will be executed by Africa-based CGIAR Centers: the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Africa Rice Center, and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, with IITA serving as the Executive Agency.
The project will focus on research, science, and technology development initiative aimed at enhancing the productivity and income derived from cassava, maize, rice, and wheat – four strategic crops for Africa. It aims to enhance food and nutrition security and contribute to poverty reduction in the low income countries of Benin Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In addition, SARD-SC also hopes to contribute to crop-livestock integration based on the use of the commodities' by-products.
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