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Acknowledgements
We wish to acknowledge the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) for the
financial support. We thank the BIO-INNOVATE programme for including environmental
biotechnology as one of the research themes in the programme. The participation of Fatemi Sisal
Estate Management under the leadership of Mohammed Enterprise Tanzania Limited (MeTL) is
highly appreciated.
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