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HarvestPlus

Published in : 2009

Available in : English

In Africa nearly 200 million people are malnourished and at risk of disease, blindness, stunting, and other illnesses due to micronutrient malnutrition. Hunger and poverty in developing countries are closely linked; 75% percent of the world’s ultra poor (those living on less than 50 cents a day) are in Africa. Most poor Africans rely on diets consisting largely of micronutrientpoor staple foods. HarvestPlus seeks to improve nutrition by breeding new varieties of staple food crops that are rich in missing critical micronutrients such as vitamin A, zinc, and iron.