2010

• Political will can solve malnutrition, IRIN, July 26, 2010

• White Rice Gets Healthier: Billions to benefit as white rice gets a boost in nutrients, Radio Australia: Innovations, July 19, 2010

• “Biofortification” Boosts Nutrients in Africa’s Staple Crops, Eye on Earth blog, July 14, 2010

• Expert Commentary – Biofortification can help Feed the Future, Global Food for Though blog, July 7, 2010

• Meeting Nutritional Needs with ‘Biofortified’ Crops, Nourishing the Planet blog, July 6, 2010

• Search on for nutritious crops, Stock & Land, June 27, 2010

• MDG 1: One step closer-the role of micronutrient-rich staple foods, Global Health Magazine blog, June 2010

• Biofortified wheat can improve zinc status, Nutriview, June 2010

• Threefold rise in iron in white rice, Medindia.com, 18 May 2010

• Defending biofortified crops, SciDev.net, May 2010

• Addressing hidden hunger in Rwanda (Jean d’Amour), New Agriculturist, April 2010

• How sweet it is to be healthy, Lumen: University of Adelaide Magazine, Summer 2010

• Making the most of a mineral, cgiarNews, April 2010

• Lutter contre la sous-alimentation occulte, allAfrica.com, 14 April 2010

• Putting science to work for food security, IRIN, 01 April 2010

• Le maïs à la provitamine A pour l’Afrique, La Voix de l’Amerique (radio piece, minutes 6-10), 27 March 2010

• Heavy metal, Cornell Alumni Magazine, March 2010

• Tropical maize gets vitamin A boost, SciDev.net, 23 March 2010

2009

• Tackling iron deficiency with nutrient-dense rice, School of Botany Newsletter (see page 2), December 2009

• Provitamin A carotenoid retention in orange sweet potato, Sight and Life, Fall 2009

• CIDA adopts new food security strategy, Canadian Medical Association Journal, 11 December 2009

• Hidden Hunger: Biofortified Crops to the Rescue, CALS News, Fall 2009

• Vitamin Eh? – A story about introducing a new kind of vitamin-A enriched sweet potato to Uganda, The Current, November 2009

• Where the Plus Comes From—Cooperation from Brazil pays off for HarvestPlus in poor Brazilian farm communities, across Latin America and around the world, CGIAR News, September 2009

• Setting the Agenda, Global Harvest Initiative (video), Margaret M. Zeigler of Congressional Hunger Center notes role of HarvestPlus in agriculture and nutrition, September 2009

• Breeding Crops for Better Nutrition, IAEA Bulletin, Vol. 50-2

• Breeding Crops for Better Nutrition, Monday Developments, July 2009, Vol. 27, No. 7

• Modified corn could provide vitamins, Des Moines Register, May 3, 2009

• Corn fortified with vitamins devised by scientists, Los Angeles Times, April 28, 2009

• Biofortification: Plant Breeders Develop ‘First Tool’ in the Fight against Malnutrition, Cornell Daily Sun, April 7, 2009

• Biofortification Moves Ahead, Nutriview, January 2009

2008

• New crops tackle hidden hunger, cta Spore, Spore No. 138, December

• Breeding Better Food, The New Economy, Winter, 2008

• The Food Issue: New Food Ideas, New York Times Magazine, October 10, 2008

• Technology Key to Producing More Food, Voice of America, 19 May 2008

• Discovery, BBC Radio, March 19, 2008

• Fighting the Hidden Hunger, tce, the chemical engineer (magazine), February 2008

• New Yellow Corn Could Boost Vitamin A, National Public Radio All Things Considered: Global Health, Save Sight, January 20, 2008

• Science in Action, BBC Radio, January 18, 2008

• Are genetically modified crops are the answer to feeding the world’s starving? BBC Radio, Costing the Earth, January 2008

2003-2007

• Misson Man, Gourmet, November 2007

• Better Rice for Asia’s Poor, The ADB Review, November 2007

• Biofortification of Crops: An Interview with Howarth Bouis, Director of HarvestPlus, New Ag International, 7 September 2007

• New Partnership to Improve Nutrition, cgiarNews, June 2007

• HarvestPlus Aid for Boosting Nutrition Levels, Hindu Business Line (India), 4 April 2007

• Killing Deficiencies, Business Standard (India), April 2007

• Big Potential for Micronutrient Collaboration, cgiarNews, March 2007

• Scientists Verify Bioaccessibility Measure for Vitamin E, Carotenoids, Nutraingrediants.com, 17 October 2006

• Growing Goodness: A new plant breeding strategy promises to combat malnutrition, Developments, 4 July 2006

• Sweetpotato Hip Hop, cgiarNews, 1 June 2006

• Kenyan Coast Gets Shot of Vitamin A With Uncommon Potato, Voice of America, 31 May 2006

• Scientists develop ‘biocrops’ to boost nutrition, East African, 8 May 2006

• Experts convene workshop to discuss new technology to fight malnutrition and improve health in Africa, CheckBiotech, 3 May 2006

• African experts set to discuss new technology to fight malnutrition, Xinhua, 2 May 2006

• Researchers look for new seed varieties to fight world hunger, ANBA, 10 August 2005

• Grant Aims at More Healthful Crops, New York Times, 21 October 2003

• USA: Bill Gates Donates $25m to GM Research to Fight Malnutrition, Just-Food.com, 15 October 2003

• La Fondation Gates donne 25 M USD pour des récoltes enrichies en fortifiants, “Le Bulletin des Agriculteurs,” 14 Octobre 2003

• $100 Million Plan Announced to Battle Hunger with New Crops, Voice of America, 14 October 2003

• Expert focuses on malnutrition, The State News (Michigan State University), 18 November 2003

• Cash Boost for Research to Make Crops More Healthy, SciDev.Net, 14 October 2003

• Gates Backs $100m Plan to Make GM Crops More Nutritious, Cape Times (South Africa), 15 October 2003

• Biotech: A Food Plan for the Developing World, iafrica.com, 15 October 2003

• $25m Gates Gift to GM Project under Fire, Guardian (UK), 15 October 2003

• Innocents Abroad?, Guardian, 16 October 2003

• Gates Foundation Gives Grant to Combat Malnutrition, CropBiotech Net, 17 October 2003

• Bill Gates’ Generosity, L’Express

• Scientists Launch Nutrition Enrichment Project in Africa, Pan-African News Agency, 15 October 2003

• Gates Gives $25 Million for Research on Nutritious Crops, Science, 17 October 2003

• Alimentacion: Tecnología Contra el Hambre, Inter Press Service News Agency, 16 October 2003

• Cientistas iniciam projeto de US$ 100 milhões contra a fome, IITA coverage (in Brazil), 14 October 2003

• Coverage of HarvestPlus in Japanese