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Larissa co-owns the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CARL-GROUP-Ltd-1562603493961964\/\">CARL GROUP<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Kigali, Rwanda that is working to improve the health of the nation by innovating new food products from a staple crop, the sweet potato.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>An agronomist by training, Larissa Uwase\u2019s latest innovation, in partnership with the University of Rwanda, is to make spaghetti from the vegetable. Larissa agreed to work with other experts across Africa to further IGCAT&#8217;s mission of building awareness of the importance of culture and food diversity for sustainable futures. Larissa spent three days at IGCAT, meeting with the staff and interns and\u00a0learning about how IGCAT experts are developing models to support local development.\u00a0Larissa was excited by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.europeanregionofgastronomy.org\">European Region of Gastronomy<\/a> project and envisaged a future whereby Africa might have a similar initiative. She was\u00a0particularly interested in how food branding connected to regions and how this can help both in terms of regional visibility and tourism.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Larissa explained that in Rwanda, poor possibilities for refrigeration are one of the biggest challenges for food producers and this relates to \u00a0significant levels of\u00a0food waste. Larissa&#8217;s mission is to learn more about sustainable eco-options for food packaging. Dr. Diane Dodd and Jordi Vegas from IGCAT agreed to research into this matter as food waste is becoming an important agenda item.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>IGCAT is an international network of experts in the fields of culture, arts, tourism and gastronomy. 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