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Closed Agriculture US Foreign Aid

ARP- FTFIL for Rift Valley Fever Control in Ag (UTEP)

$11.73M USD

Funder U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization University of Texas at El Paso
Country World
Start Date Feb 04, 2018
End Date Dec 07, 2021
Duration 1,402 days
Number of Grantees 61
Roles Recipient
Data Source US Foreign Aid
Grant ID 198626-76
Grant Description

The project will develop and test an animal vaccine that renders the animal distinguishable from infected animals, and that can be easily given by pastoralists and will afford life-long protection against Rift Valley fever.

As part of the suite of Feed the Future Innovation Labs, project draws on the expertise of US universities and developing country research institutions to address the GFSS goal of reducing global hunger, malnutrition, and poverty.

The project plans to finish the DIVA test development at SUA virology lab; finish the animal studies at SUA; and finish a pilot scale up of the vaccine at MCI Sante Animale.

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University of Texas at El Paso

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