IITA News

Gift supports Cornell’s Tanzanian cassava efforts

Gift supports Cornell’s Tanzanian cassava efforts

An anonymous gift of $2.65 million to support Cornell and partner research in Tanzania will improve distribution of new and more resistant varieties of cassava while empowering women and marginalized groups in the East African nation.

Cassava is a fundamental staple and basis of food security for 500 million people across Africa and a major source of employment and income for millions of farmers. In Tanzania alone, more than 2 million smallholder farmers – 81% of whom are women – rely on cassava for their income.

Read more…

cassavaCornell UniversityMatt Hayestanzania

Evans Samuel • 4th February 2021


Previous Post

Next Post

Leave a Reply

restbet restbet tv restbet giriş restbet restbet güncel restbet giriş restbet restbet giriş restizle betpas betpas giriş pasizle betpas betpas giriş pasizle iskambil oyunları rulet nasıl oynanır blackjack nasıl oynanır uluslararası nakliyat istanbul eşya depolama tuzla eşya depolama evden eve nakliyat eşya depolama evden eve nakliyat malatya rent a car bostancı evden eve nakliyat üsküdar evden eve nakliyat sex shop beşiktaş sex shop maltepe sex shop nakliyat istanbul şehirler arası nakliyat