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March 8, 2004

Cox News Service Feature: Altered Corn Helps Ghana's Children Fight Malnutrition
A Cox News Service feature article by Don Melvin (reproduced with permission). The fruits of an agricultural revolution taking place today in Ghana can be seen not only in the growing incomes of farmers but also in the healthy faces of children. With the help of the Atlanta-based Carter Center, this revolution has swept over much of Ghana and attracted the attention of other countries in West Africa and beyond.

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The Carter Center, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide. A nongovernmental organization, the Center has helped to improve life for people in more than 70 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy and human rights; preventing diseases; improving mental health care; and teaching farmers to increase crop production.