NEPAD-MSU Land $10.4 Million to Improve African Agricultural Practices | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The New Partnership for Africa’s Development and Michigan State University will use a five-year, $10.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to connect African biosafety regulators with advances in technology – an initiative aimed at reducing poverty through improved agricultural practices.

The foundation announced the grant in conjunction with Bill Gates’ keynote address today at the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa. It is part of a package of nine agricultural development projects totaling $120 million to address long-term food security.

To read the full press release, visit the MSU web site.