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Dataset for: The Viable Sweetpotato Technologies in Africa (VISTA)-Mozambique: The Baseline Survey for Nampula and Zambezia Provinces

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Title Dataset for: The Viable Sweetpotato Technologies in Africa (VISTA)-Mozambique: The Baseline Survey for Nampula and Zambezia Provinces
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.21223/P3/NN00OC
 
Creator Naico, Abdul
Andrade, Maria
Zano, Filipe
Andre, Higino
 
Publisher International Potato Center
 
Description The baseline survey for Viable Sweetpotato Technologies in Africa (VISTA) project in Mozambique was conducted in May-June 2015 in four districts of Nampula province (Monapo, Meconta, Nampula-Rapale and Murrupula) and two of Zambezia province (Alto Molocue and Gurue) in Mozambique. About 640 households were interviewed. Most of the visited households had at least one child less than 5 years old, and 54% of them were female. The average age of the household heads was 39 years, and most of them with fourth grade education level. Overall, about 10% of the household heads were women. Other relevant items included were related to farmer organizations, crop production, Seed system and related activities, farmers’ practices, attitude and perception on sweetpotato, Vitamin A and other nutrition knowledge and household and individually dietary diversity.
 
Subject Agricultural Sciences
Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Social Sciences
Sweetpotato seed system
Sweetpotato production
Nutrition
 
Language English
Portuguese
 
Contributor International Potato Center
USAID, Feed the Future
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Jeque, Ossufo and Bechame, Valdemar
Ministry of Agriculture in Mozambique (Agriculture and Extension Directorates), IIAM, Ministry of Health