EU embraces CCARDESA, awards agricultural research grants
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
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CCARDESA launched its Grand Facility support agriculture research
The centre, which is a subsidiary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) received monetary support amounting to 5million Euros from the European Union (EU) and World Bank.
Speaking at the ceremony to mark the presentation of the grants to the seven grantees, the first of its kind to be launched by CCORDESA, the EU Ambassador to Botswana and SADC Alexander Baum noted that the awards ceremony was of particular importance.
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