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CSIR produce immune boosting maize varieties


CSIR produce immune boosting maize varieties

August 13, 2020 at 8:08 AM

A newly introduced Pro-Vitamin 'A' orange maize variety which could help boost the immune system of its consumers have been introduced onto the market.

Dr Manfred B. Ewool, a Senior Research Scientist and Maize Breeder at the Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR), Crops Research Institute (CRI) in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Asuoyeboah in the Ashanti Region, said since maize was a staple food in Ghana, enhancing it with Vitamin A was a long- term approach to minimize Vitamin 'A' Deficiency (VAD) in the country.

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