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Introduction And Evaluation Of 10 Hybrid Quinoa X Pitseed Goosefoot Lines In Central Malawi, Carter D. Allred, Mike Banda, Eric Jellen, Moses F.A. Maliro

Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2020

Protein deficiency is common amongst subsistence farmers in much of the developing world. It has been estimated, for example, that over one third of residents of rural Malawi are protein deficient. Adding to this problem in Malawi is the fact that there is only one brief rainy season, during which all crops are grown. Other countries with as dry a climate in the region have low population density, which allows them to reap more from their annual maize harvest. Meanwhile, countries in the region with similarly high population density as Malawi are able to grow higher value crops because of …