Robert Mwanga, born in 1954, is a plant breeder from Uganda who was one of four recipients of the 2016 World Food Prize for his work on crop biofortification, specifically developing the orange fleshed sweet potato, which is rich in vitamin A.
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Defining ContributionLed the breeding program that released 20 orange fleshed sweet potato varieties between 1995 and 2013. 2 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Uganda, nationality there.
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1. Wikipedia: Robert Mwanga
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Robert Mwanga (born 24, May, 1954) is a plant breeder from Uganda.
2. World Food Prize: Andrade, Bouis, Low and Mwanga (2016)
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Between 1995 and 2013, his program released 20 OFSP varieties.
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