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Pablo Eyzaguirre is somewhat critical of the Gates Foundation in a comment to a specific bit of a non-Nibble:

At several stages people have tried to call the foundation’s attention to analyses calling for a broader perspective on crop improvement that includes crop and varietal diversity for food and nutrition. Yet the foundation still puts all its stakes on high gains through breeding of global staples.

But Jeremy sees that and raises him with a quote from a recent paper which makes reference to one of his reviews:

Biofortification of staple foods is the most promising strategy to alleviate micronutrient deficiency (Brinch-Pederson et al. 2007; Johns and Eyzaguirre 2007; Welch and Graham 2004).

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