Nutrient-Enriched Crops Could Save Millions Of Poor WASHINGTON. D.C. - New mineral-enriched varieties of the world’s most common food crops could prevent malnutrition and disease in millions of the world’s poorest people, international sci entists announced. In a newly launched program, the Consultative Group on Inter national Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Waite Agricultural Re search Institute at the University of Adelaide, Australia, the U.S. Center STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) —The Pennsylvania Dept of Agriculture’s Meat Animal Evalu ation Center wishes to announce that applications for Pennsylva nia’s performance ram testing pro gram are currently being accepted. Rams eligible for this central ized testing program are purebred rams of any breed bom from Sept 1, 1994, through Feb. 28, 1995. Rams accepted for the perfor mance testing programs will be delivered to the Meat Animal Evaluation Center. State College, April 11. 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These crops will perform particularly well on min eral-deficient soils, which are widespread in the developing world. ‘This is a low-cost approach to Accepts Testing Applications rams are weighed every 14 days and reports are generated and dis tributed at least every other weigh date. At the conclusion of the testing period , the rams are scanned ul trasonically to determine fat thickness and loin-eye area. The rams are all examined for breed ing, soundness, or structural prob lems and must meet certain mini mum requirements. After all of the evaluations are completed, approximately the top 75 percent of the rams completing the test will be selected to be of fered in Pennsylvania’s 17th an nual Performance Tested Ram Sale scheduled for Saturday, August S. 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These agronomic advantages enhance the chances that they would be adopted by fanners in the devel oping world. But mineral-enrich ed crops would also enhance com mercial agriculture in the United States and other developed-world countries where mineral-deficient soils are also widespread. “The research costs for devel oping mineral-dense varieties can be justified on the basis of the benefits to agricultural productivi ty alone,” said Bouis. Diets low in essential vitamins and minerals such as iron, iodine, zinc, and vitamin A are prevalent in poor countries. An estimated 2.1 billion people lack sufficient amounts of iron, contributing to anemia in an estimated 1.2 billion people. Anemia affects pregnant women particularly hard and ac counts fra* up to 40 percent of the half-million deaths that occur each year to women giving birth. 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