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The sweet potato variety has been mainstreamed as a technology for combating vitamin A deficiency. Most importantly, our research triggered global acceptance of the concept of biofortification.

— Maria Andrade

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Protecting crops allows us to breed new varieties to meet the needs of local populations.

Several other studies that have since been conducted across the world have confirmed biofortification to be a cost-effective and sustainable solution.

In Mozambique, at the time cassava was the main food crop, followed by maize, with sweet potato coming a distant fifth.

Sweet potato was also considered a female crop, one that was grown by women and children and consumed by the poorest households.

Sweet potatoes were widely grown, they were typically cultivated on small plots of land, and the yield was constrained by insufficient planting material.

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