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Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 19:50 in Mathematics & Economics

In South Africa, sweet potatoes are a traditional crop for rural families. "We realized it would be great if we could develop a local variety [of sweet potato] which has good yield, high dry mass, and desirable taste attributes, and promote it to combat vitamin A deficiency," says researcher.

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