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Watch the 2016 World Food Prize and follow the news coverage
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 »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 …
Read More »Finding the sweet spot of Africa’s agriculture
Africa is a continent where, at least outwardly, we like to celebrate our diversity—the rich variety that can be found in our many cultures, languages, fashions, flora and fauna. That’s why it’s perplexing to see such a large segment of the African population depending on a very small number of …
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