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The cassava plant could undergo a genetic and breeding revolution

By Hicbd
Wed Sep 8 2021 10:05 am

"Among the latest and most impressive breeding successes comes from Nagib Nassar, a cassava breeder and professor emeritus of genetics at the University of Brasilia. He has developed a new variety that could dramatically boost yields...an estimated 800 million people worldwide eat cassava. In Africa 500 million depend on the root as their main staple."

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-cassava-revolution-could-feed-the-worlds-hungry/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1541-4337.2009.00077.x
https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2018/09/gene-edited-cassava-help-millions-farmers/

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Business / Invention Idea Africa Global Nutrition / Hunger / Food Security / Famines / Malnutrition Global Agriculture / Smallholder Farms Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)

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