http://www.cgiar.org A Global Agricultural Research Partnership Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:31:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/giving-thanks-sweet-potato-recipes-africa http://www.harvestplus.org/content/giving-thanks-sweet-potato-recipes-africa#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:32:57 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=395522 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/giving-thanks-sweet-potato-recipes-africa/feed/ 0 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/brazil-new-partnership-provides-nutritious-foods-school-children http://www.harvestplus.org/content/brazil-new-partnership-provides-nutritious-foods-school-children#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:26:02 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=386747 Experts who gathered at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2) in Uruguay say they want to march into a future where agricultural research remains fast paced, innovation ratchets up production, and the welfare of...]]> http://www.harvestplus.org/content/brazil-new-partnership-provides-nutritious-foods-school-children/feed/ 0 http://vimeo.com/channels/harvestplus/51446573 http://vimeo.com/channels/harvestplus/51446573#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:35:14 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=378741 Take a look through the life of vitamin A cassava in Nigeria. ]]> http://vimeo.com/channels/harvestplus/51446573/feed/ 0 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/ngos-are-our-feet-ground http://www.harvestplus.org/content/ngos-are-our-feet-ground#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:31:44 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=371301 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/ngos-are-our-feet-ground/feed/ 0 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/senator-mcgovern-acknowledged-biofortification-critical-reducing-malnutrition http://www.harvestplus.org/content/senator-mcgovern-acknowledged-biofortification-critical-reducing-malnutrition#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:36:17 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=374391 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/senator-mcgovern-acknowledged-biofortification-critical-reducing-malnutrition/feed/ 0 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/celebrating-vitamin-cassava-world-food-day http://www.harvestplus.org/content/celebrating-vitamin-cassava-world-food-day#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:54:03 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=358325 If we awarded prizes for the most outstanding crops on World Food Day, cassava should be among the top contenders. ]]> http://www.harvestplus.org/content/celebrating-vitamin-cassava-world-food-day/feed/ 0 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/disseminating-orange-fleshed-sweet-potato-mozambique-country-report http://www.harvestplus.org/content/disseminating-orange-fleshed-sweet-potato-mozambique-country-report#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:58:02 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=386770 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/disseminating-orange-fleshed-sweet-potato-mozambique-country-report/feed/ 0 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/global-hunger-event-over-what-next http://www.harvestplus.org/content/global-hunger-event-over-what-next#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:31:00 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=287704 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/global-hunger-event-over-what-next/feed/ 0 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/disseminating-orange-fleshed-sweet-potato-findings-harvestplus-project-mozambique-and-uganda http://www.harvestplus.org/content/disseminating-orange-fleshed-sweet-potato-findings-harvestplus-project-mozambique-and-uganda#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:28:38 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=272345 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/disseminating-orange-fleshed-sweet-potato-findings-harvestplus-project-mozambique-and-uganda/feed/ 0 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/orange-sweet-potato-makes-case-biofortification-works http://www.harvestplus.org/content/orange-sweet-potato-makes-case-biofortification-works#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:51:45 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=272324 Washington D.C., August 8, 2012: A study published today in the Journal of Nutrition provides conclusive evidence that orange sweet potato (OSP) provided significant amounts of vitamin A to malnourished Ugandan children and women and that a modest impr...]]> http://www.harvestplus.org/content/orange-sweet-potato-makes-case-biofortification-works/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/48533839@N05/sets/72157630955304848 http://www.flickr.com/photos/48533839@N05/sets/72157630955304848#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:44:08 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=272351 From 2007 to 2009, HarvestPlus and its partners disseminated orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) to more than 24,000 households in Mozambique and Uganda to see if we could reduce vitamin A deficiency—through food. ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/48533839@N05/sets/72157630955304848/feed/ 0 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/harvestplus-breaks-ground http://www.harvestplus.org/content/harvestplus-breaks-ground#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:06:59 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=252503 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/harvestplus-breaks-ground/feed/ 0 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/harvestplus-2011-annual-report http://www.harvestplus.org/content/harvestplus-2011-annual-report#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:45:43 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=252505 View the HarvestPlus 2011 Annual Report or download a copy. ]]> http://www.harvestplus.org/content/harvestplus-2011-annual-report/feed/ 0 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/rwanda-releases-iron-rich-beans-improve-public-health-millions http://www.harvestplus.org/content/rwanda-releases-iron-rich-beans-improve-public-health-millions#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:39:24 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=199857 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/rwanda-releases-iron-rich-beans-improve-public-health-millions/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/48533839@N05/sets/72157630180411746 http://www.flickr.com/photos/48533839@N05/sets/72157630180411746#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:43:43 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=204429 New iron‐rich beans to provide more iron in the diets of millions of Rwandese are being developed. Children and women will be the main beneficiaries of these new bean varieties, which could provide up to 30% of their daily iron needs. ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/48533839@N05/sets/72157630180411746/feed/ 0 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/propelling-pearl-millet-private-sector http://www.harvestplus.org/content/propelling-pearl-millet-private-sector#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:30:18 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=184306 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/propelling-pearl-millet-private-sector/feed/ 0 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/g8-gets-behind-biofortified-crops http://www.harvestplus.org/content/g8-gets-behind-biofortified-crops#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 17:12:45 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=158809 http://www.harvestplus.org/content/g8-gets-behind-biofortified-crops/feed/ 0 http://vimeo.com/channels/harvestplus#41577920 http://vimeo.com/channels/harvestplus#41577920#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 21:01:36 +0000 HarvestPlus http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=184311 ]]> http://vimeo.com/channels/harvestplus#41577920/feed/ 0