I have worked in Mozambique to fortify sweet potatoes and m… - Maria Andrade

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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.

Maria Andrade

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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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The sweet potato variety has been mainstreamed as a technology for combating vitamin A deficiency. Most importantly, our research triggered global acceptance of the concept of biofortification.

Several other studies that have since been conducted across the world have confirmed biofortification to be a cost-effective and sustainable solution.

Protecting crops allows us to breed new varieties to meet the needs of local populations.

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. - Maria Andrade

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