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Global Health The baobob fruit is one of the 100 traditional African food crops that a group of scientists want to learn more about to improve nutrition.

Could African Crops Be Improved With Private Biotech Data?

A plant scientist at Mars Inc. has appealed to the world's biggest life sciences companies to help him — by sharing what they already know about 100 crops that could provide better nutrition in Africa. But can the kings of agricultural intellectual property get onboard with open source agricultural information for Africa?
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