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The [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]] first funded a project with a grant of $3,946,708 to the [[Queensland University of Technology]] in July 2005 "to develop bananas with increased micronutrient content."<ref>[http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Grants-2005/Pages/Queensland-University-of-Technology-OPP37878.aspx Grant OPP37878 - Queensland University of Technology], Accessed March 11, 2012.</ref> They followed this up with a grant of $4,489,552, also to the [[Queensland University of Technology]], in August 2009 "to improve the nutritional status in Uganda and surrounding countries through the generation of farmer and consumer acceptable edible bananas with significantly increased fruit levels of pro-vitamin A and iron."<ref>[http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Grants-2009/Pages/Queensland-University-of-Technology-OPP37878_01.aspx Grant OPP37878_01 Grant OPP37878_01 - Queensland University of Technology], Accessed March 11, 2012.</ref>
  
 
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Genetically Engineered Bananas

Funding

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation first funded a project with a grant of $3,946,708 to the Queensland University of Technology in July 2005 "to develop bananas with increased micronutrient content."[1] They followed this up with a grant of $4,489,552, also to the Queensland University of Technology, in August 2009 "to improve the nutritional status in Uganda and surrounding countries through the generation of farmer and consumer acceptable edible bananas with significantly increased fruit levels of pro-vitamin A and iron."[2]

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