比尔与梅琳达基金赞助美国根作物研究所研究以木薯为生化产品,Keneth Nwosu博士是该实验室主任,他在一次尼日利亚阿布亚新闻会议上称,加强木薯的生化功能能改进尼日利亚的4万孩子的营养,他们每年因缺乏维他命A死于营养不良。在实验中,他们成功地为木薯增加了3种维他 The Bill and Melinda Fund sponsored the American Institute of Roots Crops to study cassava as a biochemical product. Dr. Keneth Nwosu, the laboratory director, told a press conference in Abuja, Nigeria, that enhancing the biochemical function of cassava can improve 40,000 in Nigeria Children’s nutrition, they die of malnutrition each year due to a lack of vitamin A. In the experiment, they succeeded in adding 3 vitamins to cassava