The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation announced massive grants for genetic engineering of banana, rice, sorghum, cassava to "create a full range of optimal, bioavailable nutrients in a single staple plant species" in developing countries.</p><p><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/nr/downloads/globalhealth/GCGH_Grants_Backgrounder.pdf">Details of the Grants (see #9)</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/Announcements/Announce-050627.htm">PR Gaters Foundation: 43 Groundbreaking Research Projects for More Than $436 Million in Funding</a>