DuPont receives grant to help Pioneer sorghum project
E.I du Pont de Nemours & Co. and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced yesterday a $4 million grant from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation to bring healthier sorghum to underserved communities in Africa.
The grant is intended to help fund the development of biofortified sorghum, a more nutritious and digestible sorghum for Africans who depend upon sorghum as their staple diet. DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. began working on the project in 2005.
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