Elizabeth exhorts young budding crop scientists out there – and young women in particular – who might looking to build a career for themselves in agricultural research for development, that this is their time. Using the example of cassava which has long been a poor 'country cousin' in crop research but is poor no more, Elizabeth assures us help is readily at hand. And for the potential cassava converts among you, the research waters are currently warm and excitingly inviting, so why not follow in Elizabeth’s footsteps and plunge in right away, young ‘uns!

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