The mission of my program is to reduce vitamin A deficiency through crop biofortification. I started my nutrition career as a registered dietitian, working with people to treat their nutrition-related disorders. What I came to realize was that we needed to invest more in preventing the disorders, rather than treating them. So now I’m working with the source (staple crops) to improve the nutritional quality of the foods we eat, with the aim of reducing micronutrient deficiencies.
Related website:
https://www.biofortificationlab.org/
Davina Rhodes – Assistant Professor, Colorado State University