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2006-12-20 | permalink
Funding boost for Queensland University of Technology world-class banana research
A $5.1 million Queensland University of Technology research project, backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, that aims to improve the health of East Africans will be stepped up thanks to a massive funding boost. QUT has been awarded $3.6 million to expand its world-class research into improving the production and nutritional value of bananas - the staple food of the people of Uganda and their East African neighbours. [...] QUT scientists have been successfully researching methods to improve the nutrient content of the East African Highland Banana through genetically improved breeding programs for the past 18 months.
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2006-12-20 | permalink
Funding boost for Queensland University of Technology world-class banana research
A $5.1 million Queensland University of Technology research project, backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, that aims to improve the health of East Africans will be stepped up thanks to a massive funding boost. QUT has been awarded $3.6 million to expand its world-class research into improving the production and nutritional value of bananas - the staple food of the people of Uganda and their East African neighbours. [...] QUT scientists have been successfully researching methods to improve the nutrient content of the East African Highland Banana through genetically improved breeding programs for the past 18 months.
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