Brazil scientists developing lifesaving superfoods through traditional plant breeding methods
date:Jul 24, 2013
malnutrition affects 2 billion people globally.

Taking on 'hidden hunger'

Efforts to develop biofortified superfoods began a decade ago, when Embrapa, the government's agricultural research agency, began the project as part of a group of nations seeking to develop varieties of crops that have higher concentrations of necessary micronutrients. The department chose eight foods that are staples in the Brazilian diet: beans, cowpeas (black-eyed peas), rice, sweet potatoes, corn, wheat, cassava and

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