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- Improving Resistance to Streak Virus of Lowland Tropical Maize in Eastern Africa
Improving Resistance to Streak Virus of Lowland Tropical Maize in Eastern Africa
Kenya, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Congo Republic
| Financing Type | Grants |
| Category | Technical Assistance |
| Focus Area | Agriculture |
| Approved | 17.06.1999 |
| Signed | 23.06.1999 |
| Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund for International Development |
| Executing Agency | International Center for the Improvement of Maize and Wheat (CIMMYT) |
| Co-financiers | OPEC Fund, CIMMYT (core budget) |
| Organization | CIMMYT |
| OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.07 |
| Total Project Cost (USDm) | 0.30 |
The project aimed at improving the resistance to streak virus of early-maturing lowland tropical maize in East Africa. It will generated early-maturing maize varieties adopted to the area. The beneficiary region covered Kenya, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.