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

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

Initiatives like Food Forever are helping tackle food insecurity and malnutrition in Africa.

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