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How you/seed companies/processors/millers are guaranteeing the quality control/quality analysis of the crops? how the consumer can be sure that he/she is getting biofortified beans, meal, grains?

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Micronutrient availability is one piece of the puzzle of malnutrition. Are you also working on other areas like aflatoxin in maize or sanitation?

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Would you consider using gene editing to develop micro-nutrient enhanced/micro-nutrient stable crops that can not be obtained by conventional breeding and genetic diversity?

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If you encourage the consumption of staple crops like wheat, rice or corn (although biofortified), won't you contribute to the over-weight and obesity problem?

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Plant breeding takes long time and the more traits you breed for, the more complicated it gets. What is the plan and time scale for mainstreaming? Where is the the biggest challenge for mainstreaming? Will breeders, seed sector and farmers have to compromise yield?