A decade ago, Mark Manary, a professor of pediatrics at the Washington University School of Medicine, developed a highly effective therapy for severe malnutrition that evolved into the non-profit organization Project Peanut Butter, which serves hundreds of thousands of children annually. Now, as part of the Global Harvest Alliance, he is working to prevent malnutrition, using biotechnology to make cassava — the third largest source of carbohydrates for meals around the world — more nutritious.

In his Food for Thought lecture Mark discusses the urgent needs in Africa and how biofortification may help. The goal: stopping malnutrition before it begins.

Outreach in Biotechnology’s Food for Thought Lecture Series brings together internationally recognized experts to talk about the best (and worst) ways to use biotechnology for food and fuel. For more information, go to http://OregonState.edu/OrB

Recorded 20 Oct 2010

A study guide to this lecture is available at http://oregonstate.edu/orb/food-for-thought