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Tackling vitamin A deficiency with biofortified sweetpotato in sub-Saharan Africa

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Title Tackling vitamin A deficiency with biofortified sweetpotato in sub-Saharan Africa
 
Creator Low, Jan W.
Mwanga, R.O.M.
Andrade, M.I.
Carey, E.E.
Ball, A.M.
 
Subject sweet potatoes
nutrition
vitamins
carotenoids
retinol
 
Description Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) is a rich plant-based source of beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A. In sub-Saharan Africa, sweetpotato is known as a food security crop but most varieties grown are high dry matter white-fleshed types, lacking beta-carotene. In 1995, researchers recognized the potential of OFSP varieties to address widespread vitamin A deficiency in SSA using an integrated agriculture-nutrition approach. With their partners, they confronted conventional wisdom concerning food-based approaches and institutional barriers, to build the evidence base and breed 42 OFSP varieties adapted to farmer needs and consumer preferences. Subsequently, a multi-partner, multi-donor initiative, launched in 2009, has already reached 2.8 million households. This review summarizes that effort describing how the changing policy environment influenced the process.
 
Date 2017-09
2017-05-18T18:57:01Z
2017-05-18T18:57:01Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Low, J.W.; Mwangab, R.O.M.; Andrade, M.; Carey, E.; Ball, A.-M. 2017. Tackling vitamin A deficiency with biofortified sweetpotato in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Food Security. (Amsterdam). ISSN 2211-9124. 14: 23-30.
2211-9124
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81126
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2017.01.004
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 23-30
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source Global Food Security