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Posted Tue Jul 1 2008: from Science Daily (US):
Fortified Cassava Could Provide A Day's Nutrition In A Single Meal http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1214915500
 Scientists have determined how to fortify the cassava plant, a staple root crop in many developing countries, with enough vitamins, minerals and protein to provide the poor and malnourished with a day's worth of nutrition in a single meal.... "This is the most ambitious plant genetic engineering project ever attempted," Sayre said. "Some biofortification strategies have the objective of providing only a third of the daily adult nutrition requirements since consumers typically get the rest of their nutritional requirements from other foods in their diet. But global food prices have recently gone sky high, meaning that many of the poorest people are now eating just one meal a day, primarily their staple food.
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One meal a day?
Don't they have McDonald's!?

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