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Howdy Bouis

@HowdyBouis

Founder of @HarvestPlus. Began his mission on biofortification in 1993; 1 of 4 Laureates of the World Food Prize 2016. FAGA Super Senior Golf Champ 2018 MD.

Washington, DC Katılım Şubat 2019
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Howdy Bouis@HowdyBouis·
“Food Systems” is a paralyzing construct for actionable investments and interventions. Understanding complexities of food systems leads to inaction. Let the focus be on individual key foods. See “The Carrot Strategy: A Time to Choose” here. nutri-agri-perspectives.com/post/the-carro…
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Cristina and recently hosted for merienda two summer interns at the International Rice Research Institute, to discuss their research on nutrition security. From left to right are Cecilia Acuin of IRRI (mentor), myself, Le Ngoc Thao and Priscilla Trinh, a Borlaug-Ruan intern.
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Bravo Heady-Alderman for highlighting high non-staple prices as barrier to dietary quality. See India price trends for non-staples; cereal prices have declined. Biofortification adds micronutrients to diets at no extra cost to consumers
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IFPRI@IFPRI

Healthy foods are expensive compared to less-nutritious staples in developing countries – while unhealthy snack foods are growing cheaper, according to a new study by IFPRI’s Derek Headey and Harold Alderman bit.ly/2LEqO9w Paper here: doi.org/10.1093/nutrit… @WorldBank

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In view of rising CO2 levels, consider in the attached table how important milled rice is in total zinc intakes in Bangladesh. Biofortification (conventional breeding) could double zinc intakes (density from 15 mg/kg to 30 mg/kg), countering effect of rising CO2 levels
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IFPRI@IFPRI

New research shows that rising #CO2 will lower the projected availability of key nutrients protein, iron, and zinc by 2050: bit.ly/32yj1iC #climatechange #foodsecurity @PIM_CGIAR @CGIARclimate @HarvardChanSPH @CSIROnews @ncenacchi @DanMasonDCroz

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Bravo Crop Trust. Diversity in bean germplasm banks made it possible for RAB and CIAT plant breeders to develop high iron beans (ten varieties released so far) which now account for 20% of bean production in Rwanda
The Crop Trust@CropTrust

This week our #CropsInColor campaign explores the world & #diversity of #beans in #Rwanda. Today we visited the #Kimironko Market, where a corner stand was offering 9 varieties. Amazing work being done by @CIAT_ @HarvestPlusRw @_PABRA. Thanks @corteva for sponsoring the campaign.

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@JonEntine I really like this tweet by Jon Entine. A key to improving dietary quality is to improve the productivity of vegetables, thereby lowering vegetable prices which have been rising steadily for decades. Here is one promising approach
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Residing as of July 1 in the Philippines. On July 11, I gave a seminar at the Asian Development Bank, ADB is planning a conference Transformative Change for Nutritious Food and Rural Prosperity to be held later this year
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After distributing 10 Billion vitamin A capsules over the last 20 years - and saving millions of lives! - we should ALSO at the same time undertake activities to treat the underlying causes of vitamin A deficiencies
Micronutrient Forum@MNForum

What we're reading: Shawn Baker @gatesfoundation on why we can't be complacent about vitamin A supplementation: @ShawnKBaker/dangers-of-complacency-two-steps-forward-one-step-back-on-vitamin-a-supplementation-35b1edca8055" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ShawnKBaker/d…

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Saskia Osendarp@OsendpNutrition·
Do not forget to submit your abstracts for the @MNForum 5th Global Conference! Only one week left. We would love to hear from your research and to welcome you to Bangkok in March 2020! conference.micronutrientforum.org/abstracts/call…
Micronutrient Forum@MNForum

There is only one week to go until the abstract submission deadline for the 5th Global Conference. Be sure to follow the abstract submission guidelines and instructions to ensure a successful submission. Submit your abstract here: bit.ly/2xmNzp5

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Office snacks - bio-fortified vitamin A orange maize🌽maputi🍿 🇬🇧#UKaid-supported @LFSPZim🇿🇼promotes the growing & consumption of bio-fortified crops. Bio-fortification is a way to improve the health of families by improving the nutritional impact of the crops they already eat💪
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