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Mavis Owureku-Asare Quotes

Ghana

Mavis Owureku-Asare is a Ghanaian food scientist.

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I want to inspire girls in STEM to believe that it is possible to pursue a fulfilling career in any scientific discipline.

Vitamin C quickly breaks down in the heat and evaporates easily out of the fruit. What is orange without Vitamin C.

I developed the solar dryer using available materials to process fresh tomato to high-quality tomato powder that can be reconstituted to tomato paste and used in the formulation of food.

It is a call to duty to play a role in mentoring the next generation. Because science is not an easy field and most people get discouraged along the way. I’m really passionate about doing that.

We as scientists tend to focus a lot more on our research work but we need to figure out a way to promote the outputs of our research. This requires branding and effective communication to consumers and key stakeholders.

Yes, while consumers are enjoying their imported pastes, our local tomato farmers struggle to make a living. And it gets worse, our dependence on imported paste plays a role in rendering our farmers unemployed.

I have had to jump many hurdles to get to where I am now and it hasn’t been easy as a professional, wife and mother but what keeps me going are the success stories of the food processors and farmers I engage on a day to day basis. They are my inspiration—I love the practical solutions I offer which potentially improves their businesses and livelihoods.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mavis Owureku-Asare (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.