Source: AGRI-PULSE, 9/15/17

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) today announced a $15 million contribution – its biggest grant to date – to a five-year, $45-million research project at the University of Illinois that is already promising to boost crop yields 20 percent by improving photosynthetic efficiency. The project is being co-funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ($25 million) and the U.K. Department for International Development ($5 million). The grant was announced today on the Illinois campus in Champaign.

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