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Bio sketch
• With 15+ years at the World Vegetable Center, characterized 250+
indigenous vegetable species for phytonutrients, developed an open-
access nutrient database, and promoted nutritious underutilized crops.
• Collaborated with breeders to enhance nutrition and market traits in major
and underutilized crops.
• Led/co-led 10+ multinational R4D projects, partnering with 50+
institutions across 20+ countries, with 80+ international missions to
promote healthy diets and combat malnutrition in resource-poor
populations.
• Published 80+ papers and trained 100+ interns.
• Since 2020, coordinating DFNet – Tropical Fruit and Smart Net-Zero
Projects at FFTC and teaching 'Global Nutrition' at National Taiwan
University's College of Public Health.
• Established Information Platforms (websites) for information
dissemination
• WorldVeg Nutrition (2010-): http://nutrition.worldveg.org/
FFTC Knowledge Management (2021-): https://km.fftc.org.tw/
FFTC DFNet Tropical Fruit (2022-): https://net.fftc.org.tw/dfnet
FFTC Smart and Net-Zero Agrifood (2023-):
https://net.fftc.org.tw/smartnetzero

近五年著作
1. Yang, R.Y., Zongo, A.W.S., Chen, Y.C., Chiang, M.T., Zogona, D., Huang,
C.Y. and Yao, H.T. (2022) Green sweet potato leaves increase Nrf2-
mediated antioxidant activity and facilitate benzo [a] pyrene metabolism in
the liver by increasing phase II detoxifying enzyme activities in rats. Food
& Function, 13(14), pp.7548-7559.
2. Nyonje WA, Yang RY, Kejo D, Makokha AO, Owino WO, and Abukutsa-
Onyango MO. (2022) Exploring the Status of Preference, Utilization
Practices, and Challenges to Consumption of Amaranth in Kenya and
Tanzania. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2022:1-11. DOI:
10.1155/2022/2240724.
3. Schafleitner, R., Lin, Y.-P.,Dinssa, F., N’Danikou, S., Finkers, R., Minja,
R.,Abukutsa-Onyango, M., Nyonje, W., Lin, C.-Y., Wu,T.-H., Sigalla, J. P.,
van Zonneveld, M., Hsiao, Y.-Y., Kumar, S., Wu, W.-J., Wang, H.-I., Lin,
S., & Yang, R.-Y. (2022). The World Vegetable Center Amaranthus
germplasm collection: Core collection development and evaluation of
agronomic and nutritional traits. Crop Science, 62, 1173–
1187.https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20715

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