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DuPont Receives Award for Improving Sorghum Nutrition

04/19/2013

DuPont has been honored for its research efforts to improve the nutrition, production and availability of sorghum by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, an agency of the Department of Commerce. The USPTO Patents for Humanity award recognizes patented technologies addressing humanitarian needs.

Won for their work on improving the nutritional quality of sorghum, DuPont’s award highlights the importance of collaboration across the public and private sectors to bring real solutions to the people and places that need it most.

DuPont established collaborations with a number of organizations to increase the amount and stability of pro-vitamin A, iron and zinc, and improve protein digestibility of sorghum. In the next several years, DuPont and groups like the Africa Harvest Foundation International, primary coordinating organization for the Africa Biofortified Sorghum initiative, expect to help millions of Africans that rely on sorghum as a food crop.

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