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Our research triggered global acceptance of the concept of biofortification. Since then, biofortification has been confirmed to be a cost-effective and sustainable solution.

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Maria Isabel Andrade (born 1958) is a Cape Verdean food scientist. Andrade has worked in Mozambique as a sweet potato researcher since 1996 and was a co-winner of the 2016 World Food Prize.

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I have worked in Mozambique to fortify sweet potatoes and make sure that children there get all the vitamins they need to grow healthy and thrive.

Based on this evidence the Mozambican Government approved a strategy for combating micronutrient deficiencies that includes complementary approaches like biofortification.

Sweet potatoes were widely grown, they were typically cultivated on small plots of land, and the yield was constrained by insufficient planting material.

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