Source: Torbert Rocheford, Purdue University
Can we really rid the world of hunger and malnutrition in under a decade? The Nourishing Millions podcast series, undertaken in partnership with the University of Michigan School of Public Health, features the latest groundbreaking thinking about nutrition from top policymakers, researchers, and practitioners. Together, the episodes tell the story of how small and large movements—and everyday people—can help us achieve a food- and nutrition-secure world.
On this week’s episode, we talk to Howarth ‘Howdy’ Bouis, recent World Food Prize Laureate, who gives us a glimpse of the impressive successes--and some challenges too-- associated with biofortification, the process of breeding high yield staple crops with specific vitamins and minerals to address micronutrient deficiencies. Dr. Bouis reflects on the past, present, and future of biofortification, and how scientists are working to overcome known obstacles, like people’s attachment to foods they are already familiar with, and still-unknown ones, like climate change. He details the long-term vision of HarvestPlus, which is using investment, innovation, and plain old information to get biofortified crops into 30 countries and feed 1 billion people by the year 2030.
Listen to the episode on SoundCloud or iTunes.
Previous episodes of the podcast series are also available:
Episode 1. "Grasshopper a la Mode" with Jacob Anankware: SoundCloud or iTunes.
Episode 2. "From the Farm to the Schoolhouse" with Catherine Bertini: Soundcloud or iTunes
Episode 3. "The Private Sector Puzzle" with Lawrence Haddad: Soundcloud or iTunes
Episode 4. "Can Nutrition Beat the Heat?" with Sam Myers: SoundCloud or iTunes
Episode 5. "A Million House Calls" with Regine Kopplow and Meghan Anson: SoundCloud or iTunes
Episode 6. "Rise of the Dragon" with Shenggen Fan: SoundCloud or iTunes
Blog Post by: Hollie Kicinski and Grace Heymsfield
