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New $13.8m project aims to up banana production in Uganda and Tanzania
A new project - with an outlay of $13.8 million - is underway in Uganda and Tanzania to develop and distribute high-yielding, disease-resistant hybrid banana varieties. The effort is being funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).