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Scientists find ways to improve cassava, a 'crop of inequality' featured at Goalkeepers

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2019-09-25

Today, as world leaders gather for the UN General Assembly, hundreds of emerging leaders focused on fighting global inequality came together at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's third annual Goalkeepers event in New York City. Among them, University of Illinois scientist Amanda De Souza highlighted a crop of inequality called cassava, which has starchy, tuberous roots that sustain more than 500 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, yet cassava has been largely neglected by research and development compared to the staple crops of wealthier regions.

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https://phys.org/news/2019-09-scientists-ways-cassava-crop-inequality.html