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2009-04-29 | permalink
Poverty: Supervitamin corn against world hunger
A transgenic hypervitaminised corn could be used in poor countries to deal with serious nutritional deficiencies caused by a poor diet often based on cereal crops. [...] Destined for farmers in poor countries, once it has passed laboratory tests, the hypervitaminised corn will be available for everyone: the University of Lerida guarantees that the seeds will be distributed for free and will be used for cultivation and consumption by small producer who are unable to afford them.
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2009-04-29 | permalink
Poverty: Supervitamin corn against world hunger
A transgenic hypervitaminised corn could be used in poor countries to deal with serious nutritional deficiencies caused by a poor diet often based on cereal crops. [...] Destined for farmers in poor countries, once it has passed laboratory tests, the hypervitaminised corn will be available for everyone: the University of Lerida guarantees that the seeds will be distributed for free and will be used for cultivation and consumption by small producer who are unable to afford them.
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