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Celebrate the miracles of vitamin A, and other “mighty” nutrients.
From the Kitchen of Shawn BakerShawn Baker, USAID’s Chief Nutritionist, shares with you his favorite holiday or really anytime-of-the-year ingredient – orange sweet potatoes.
November 30, 2020 Bernice Wairimu
Excellence and Innovation In Sweetpotato: Communication For Change Award
The International Potato Center is pleased to announce that the “Excellence and Innovation in Sweetpotato: Communication for Change Award” will take place for a fourth year in 2020.The annual award was established with a generous endowment from Dr Jan W Low, a recipient of the World Food Prize in 2016, to recognize the best sweetpotato …
October 20, 2020 Bernice Wairimu
Food Biofortification—Reaping the Benefits of Science to Overcome Hidden Hunger
An estimated 2 billion people in the developing world suffer from the effects of micronutrient malnutrition, widely known as hidden hunger. Preschool children, adolescent women, and in general, women of reproductive age are most vulnerable due to their higher requirements for rapid growth and reproduction, respectively. Read full paper here Credit: Ag quick CAST …
October 15, 2020 Administrator
CONTEST for Best Sweetpotato Scientific Paper- Deadline November 15th, 2020
Through a generous endowment established by Dr. Jan W. Low, every year the Best Sweetpotato Scientific Paper published during the year before will receive an award consisting of US$500, which will be presented to the lead author. The award is intended to be split among the co-authors. You do not have to be a CIP …
September 16, 2020 Bernice Wairimu