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

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.

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

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