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Randall Rodríguez

Randall Rodríguez

Uruguayan footballer

Jul 14, 2026

15:35
Yeah.
15:36
What was interest- what was interesting about this is, is this was a long project.
15:39
They just started back in early 2000, where they were working with different, uh, sweet potato varieties.
15:46
Of course, they work on the agricultural side, making sure that they had high yields, that they adapted well to different weather, and they were able to do that.
15:54
But then they found out that w- there was no adoption.
15:57
No one was buying that sweet potato, right? As much as they were communicating that their, that sweet potato, because of the color it had higher beta-carotene and then that helped to address vitamin A deficiency.
16:08
As much as they communicated that, no one was really interested because that was not the usual way they were consume it.
18:47
Randall, would you t- wanna talk a little bit about what capacity building looks like in practice, and why it's so important for long-term food security?

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