09 Nov 2017 --- An experimental “golden” potato could hold the power to prevent disease and death in developing countries where residents rely heavily upon the starchy food for sustenance, new research published in the journal PLOS ONE suggests. The involved researchers say this new potato may help combat “hidden hunger” – deficiencies in micronutrients – which has been a problem for decades in many developing countries because staple food crops were bred for high yield and pest resistance rather than nutritional quality.
