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2012

2011

  • Six ways to take the bite out of Bangladesh food price hikes, IRIN, December 22, 2011
  • Scientists develop Vitamin A cassava in Nigeria, to tackle malnutrition in Africa, Africa Science News, December 16, 2011
  • Can GM-free biofortified crops succeed after Golden Rice controversy?, The Ecologist, December 12, 2011
  • Diffusion de trois variétés de manioc riches en vitamine A au Nigeria, New Agriculturalist, December 9, 2011
  • Yellow Cassava for Extra Vitamin A, Agfax, December 8, 2011
  • Nigerians to enjoy fortified cassava by 2014 – IITA, Vanguard Nigeria, December 8, 2011
  • A Sweet Potato A Day, IRIN, November 29, 2011
  • Orange Sweet Potato A Hit in Mozambique, Say Inventors, SciDev.net, November 28, 2011
  • Vitamin A to fight hidden hunger, Agfax Radio, September 2011
  • Growing Healthy Babies: One Mother’s Hope for the Future, 1,000 Days Blog, September 9, 2011
  • Scientists find way to put iron in rice, Adelaide Now, September 9, 2011
  • Orange sweet potato for vitamin A, Agfax Radio, September 2011
  • Super spuds help beat hidden hunger in Uganda, DFID, September 2, 2011
  • Could more-nutritious crops help fight hunger, Seattle Times, August 8, 2011
  • Nutrient-rich crops target “hidden hunger,” AlertNet, June 13, 2011
  • Grants aim to fight malnutrition, Nature News, April 14, 2011
  • Agriculture and nutrition: Hidden hunger, The Economist, March 24, 2011
  • India set to grow biofortified crop, Down to Earth, March 15, 2011
  • Biofortification—Finding nature’s power foods, IRIN, March 8, 2011
  • Not just calories (A special report on feeding the world), The Economist, February 24, 2011
  • Sylvia Matthews Burrell’s Comments at the 2020 Conference, Gates Foundation, February 2, 2011

2010

  • New Crops Bring More Nutrients to Hungry, America.gov, December 29, 2010
  • Health Crop’s Image Problem Gets a Makeover, VOA News, November 26, 2010
  • Experts Aim to Save Lives with Fortified Crops, VOA News, November 23, 2010
  • Sweet potato: A vanguard in global fight to curb severe malnutrition, The Modesto Bee, November 13, 2010
  • Big Things Come in Small Seeds: The Biofortification Revolution, The Atlantic, November 12, 2010
  • Zambia: Orange Maize to Curb Vitamin A Deficiency, IRIN News, November 10, 2010
  • New Staple Crop Varieties Take Aim at Malnutrition, IPS, November 9, 2010
  • Why cassava meals prevent blindness, childhood infections, Nigerian Tribune, October 25, 2010
  • Scientists to release vitamin-enriched cassava, 234Next.com, October 15, 2010
  • Sweet success: Waterloo woman tells Africans about a simple diet change can improve their health, GuelphMercury.com, October, 15, 2010
  • Using cassava to address vitamin A deficiency, Science Daily, October 4, 2010
  • ‘Orange’ Maize Could Save Eyesight of Millions of African Children, Inter Press Service, September 12, 2010
  • Zambia: New Orange Maize Breed Coming, allAfrica.com, September 7, 2010
  • Political will can solve malnutrition, IRIN, July 26, 2010
  • Search on for nutritious crops, Stock & Land, June 27, 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
  • 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
  • Tropical maize gets vitamin A boost, SciDev.net, 23 March 2010

2009

  • Provitamin A carotenoid retention in orange sweet potato, Sight and Life, Fall 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • USA: Bill Gates Donates $25m to GM Research to Fight Malnutrition, Just-Food.com, 15 October 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
  • 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
  • Gates Gives $25 Million for Research on Nutritious Crops, Science, 17 October 2003
  • Cientistas iniciam projeto de US$ 100 milhões contra a fome, IITA coverage (in Brazil), 14 October 2003
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