Maria Andrade (onye sayensị)
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| ụdịekere | nwanyị  |
|---|---|
| aha enyere | Maria |
| aha ezinụlọ ya | Andrade |
| ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 1958 |
| Ebe ọmụmụ | São Filipe |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | Onye ọrụ ugbo |
| ụdị ọrụ ya | Agronomy |
| onye were ọrụ | International Potato Center |
| Ihe nrite | World Food Prize |
.[1]Maria Isabel Andrade (amụrụ 1958) bụ ọkà mmụta sayensị nri Cape Verde. Andrade rụrụ ọrụ na Mozambique dị ka onye nyocha nduku ụtọ kemgbe 1996 wee bụrụ onye na-emeri ihe nrite nri ụwa nke 2016.
.[2]Na 1958, a mụrụ Andrade na São Filipe, Cape Verde. Ọ malitere agụmakwụkwọ ya na Cape Verde na Fogo na Santiago.[1] Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ sekọndrị, ọ gara Mahadum Arizona wee gụchaa na 1983 na Bachelor of Science and Master of Science, ọkachamara na mkpụrụ ndụ ihe ọkụkụ. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'ihu na Mahadum North Carolina State, na-enweta akara mmụta Dọkịta nke Philosophy na ozuzu ihe ọkụkụ na 1994.
.[3]Andrade malitere ọrụ ugbo ya mgbe ọ malitere mmemme ịkụ ihe ọkụkụ nke Cape Verde na 1984. Mgbe Andrade na-eduga na National Research Institute na Cape Verde, Andrade ghọrọ onye òtù nke Food and Agriculture Organisation na 1994. Site na 1996 ruo 2001, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na International Institute of Tropical Agriculture dị ka onye na-arụ ọrụ ubi nduku ụtọ maka otu nyocha na South Africa.
Andrade subsequently led a project in Mozambique that distributed sweet potatoes from 2002 to 2006. In 2006, she began working for the International Potato Center as a manager of sweet potato breeding in Southern Africa.[4] Andrade's research in sweet potatoes' value of providing the daily vitamin A requirements has led to the global support in their use in biofortification.[5] Outside of her work with the International Potato center, Andrade was the vice president of fundraising for the International Society for Tropical Root Crops from 2012 to 2016.[3]
In 2013, Andrade was named a Nutrition Champion by Transform Nutrition.[6] She was also a co-winner of the 2016 World Food Prize[1] and the sole winner of the 2017 M.S. Swaminathan Award for Environment Protection.[7]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 2016 – Andrade, Mwanga, Low and Bouis. World Food Prize. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved on 19 February 2018.
- ↑ Bukania (2016). World Food Prize Laureate Maria Andrade talks about her passion for sweetpotato breeding. Sweet Potato Knowledge. Retrieved on 25 February 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ISTRC past Councillors. International Society for Tropical Root Crops. Retrieved on 25 February 2018.
- ↑ Dr. Maria Isabel Andrade. AGRA. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved on 25 February 2018.
- ↑ Earth, oceans and skies: insights from selected, outstanding African women scientists. UN Economic Commission for Africa.
- ↑ Dr. Maria Andrade – Mozambique. Transform Nutrition. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved on 25 February 2018.
- ↑ Vankipuram. "Agri-scientist Maria Andrade receives M S Swaminathan award", Times of India, 8 August 2017. Retrieved on 25 February 2018.