Report Chapter

Growing the Nutritional Revolution

| May 2014

Introduction

The world is waking up to the urgent need to ensure that agriculture — through crop diversification — can help to address the world's nutritional needs. The challenge is not the absence of scientific, technological and engineering knowledge. It is the absence of institutions that can transform the widely available knowledge into practical programs that can bring agriculture, nutrition and health together to help improve the human condition.

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For Academic Citation: Juma, Calestous. “Growing the Nutritional Revolution.” In Nestle Foundation Report 2013. May 2014.
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The Author

Calestous Juma

Calestous Juma

  • Former Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
  • Former Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
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