10月，一群科学家因生产和传播一种新品种甘薯而获得世界粮食奖，这种新品种甘薯在撒哈拉以南非洲人的饮食中加入了维他命A，此外还有其他新型种子品种正在帮助农民度过影响农业收成的旱灾。
In October, a group of scientists received the World Food Prize for producing and disseminating a sweet potato variety that adds vitamin A to Sub-Saharan Africans’ diets, and other new seed varieties are helping farmers survive the harvest-crushing drought.