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Tag: Biofortification
Q&A about biofortified sorghum
In the post What do you want to know about biofortified sorghum? we invited you to ask questions of Marc Albertsen, DuPont Pioneer's team lead for the African Biofortified Sorghum (ABS) project (see his bio below). Dr. Albertsen's has provided detailed responses. 1.…
What do you want to know about biofortified sorghum?
While biotechnology can be used to create all sorts of fantastic traits, for various reasons it has mainly been used for herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, and a little virus resistance on the side. Many other traits have been developed, but…
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Orange sweet potato champions biofortified foods in Africa
Written by Charis Cook One of the important ways that plant scientists are working to improve the lives of malnourished people in developing countries is through the development of staple crops that improve human nutrition. The most successful of these…
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Biofortification of cassava makes real progress thanks to SNP detection methods
A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in a Phytoene Synthase Gene can Simplify Provitamin A Biofortification of CassavaRalf WelschISB NEWS REPORT MARCH 2011The need for biofortification of staple cropsMillions of poor people rely on staples to meet their daily calorie requirements. The…
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Help plan the future of biofortification
For most conferences, once the attendees head home the action is over. There isn't much collaboration or communication until the next conference. Happily, this isn't the case for the Global Conference on Biofortification. Check out the conference blog for an…
Thanks
It's Thanksgiving today in the US, a holiday that for many is a day to consider what you are thankful for and who you wish to thank. Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for the NY Times, suggests that we should…
Goals for nutrition
Over at Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog, Jeremy has been critical of information coming out of the First Global Conference on Biofortification. He wonders if the organizers and attendees were/are too focused on a techno-fix rather than on diverse diets as a…
Nutrition is key to everything
Looking at all of the notes I've taken at the First Global Conference on Biofortification hosted by Harvest Plus, I'm a little overwhelmed. There were so many important ideas, from specific details on the ground in Uganda to broad discussions…
First Global Conference on Biofortification
In a few moments, talks at the First Global Conference on Biofortification will begin. Up first: the keynote address The Future of Food by William J. Garvelink, the US Government Deputy Coordinator for Development Feed the Future: Global Hunger and Food…