Statewide Agricultural Biotechnology Initiative

Year Funded

2010

Amount

$450,000

Funding will support expansion of the Biotechnology Center’s headquarters, creating space for the Statewide Agricultural Biotechnology Initiative. The SABI will support supply chain development for new crops, improvements in agricultural techniques and finding new uses for old crops. Beneficiaries include producers of nutritionally or commercially superior foods, manufacturers of plant-based pharmaceuticals, renewable energy crop producers, and natural product industries.

Ms. Christy Russell
North Carolina Biotechnology Center 15 T.W. Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park, NC 27709