Four CGIAR scientists, Dr. Howarth Bouis (HarvestPlus), Dr. Jan Low (CIP), Maria Andrade (CIP), and Robert Mwanga (CIP) were awarded the World Food Prize on 13 October 2016 among an international audience at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, for their combined success in improving nutrition and health through biofortified crops. …
Read More »2016 World Food Prize laureate Robert Mwanga talks about his passion for sweetpotato breeding
Robert Mwanga is one of four 2016 World Food Prize laureates. To counter the devastating effects of Vitamin A deficiency, which contribute to high rates of blindness, diarrhea, immune system disorders, and premature death in children and pregnant women in Africa, he, together with Maria Andrade and Jan Low undertook …
Read More »World Food Prize Laureate Maria Andrade talks about her passion for sweetpotato breeding
Dr. Maria Andrade was on Tuesday, 28 June announced as one of the four 2016 World Food Prize Laureates during a ceremony at the U.S. State Department. In this audio slideshow, Andrade shares her passion for sweetpotato breeding, and what her achievements mean to her. Andrade, born in 1958 in …
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