The potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan Africa.
A recent ex ante impact assessment indicates that orangefleshed sweetpotatoes can make a major contribution to alleviating vitamin A malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Replacing the white-fleshed varieties now grown by farmers with new high ß-carotene cultivars that meet local preferences would ben...
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2001
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| author | Low, Jan W. Walker, T. Hijmans R.J. |
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| description | A recent ex ante impact assessment indicates that orangefleshed sweetpotatoes can make a major contribution to alleviating vitamin A malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Replacing the white-fleshed varieties now grown by farmers with new high ß-carotene cultivars that meet local preferences would benefit an estimated 50 million children under age 6 who are currently at risk. The majority of children in Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda would benefit, as would about half of the children in Tanzania. Children in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa would also be affected, though to a lesser degree. The study did not take into account the benefits of the new cultivars to pregnant and lactating women, a population whose health is also likely to improve from the availability of the new plant types. Vitamin A deficiency is a major public health problem throughout the region and is responsible for tens of thousands of deaths annually among young children. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1006882025-11-29T05:22:14Z The potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan Africa. Low, Jan W. Walker, T. Hijmans R.J. sweet potatoes retinol vitamin a deficiency A recent ex ante impact assessment indicates that orangefleshed sweetpotatoes can make a major contribution to alleviating vitamin A malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Replacing the white-fleshed varieties now grown by farmers with new high ß-carotene cultivars that meet local preferences would benefit an estimated 50 million children under age 6 who are currently at risk. The majority of children in Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda would benefit, as would about half of the children in Tanzania. Children in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa would also be affected, though to a lesser degree. The study did not take into account the benefits of the new cultivars to pregnant and lactating women, a population whose health is also likely to improve from the availability of the new plant types. Vitamin A deficiency is a major public health problem throughout the region and is responsible for tens of thousands of deaths annually among young children. 2001 2019-04-04T18:21:30Z 2019-04-04T18:21:30Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100688 en Open Access application/pdf International Potato Center Low, J.W.; Walker, T.; Hijmans, R.J. 2001. The potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan Africa. Regional workshop on food-based approaches to human nutritional deficiencies. Nairobi (Kenya). May 2-9 2001. 16p. |
| spellingShingle | sweet potatoes retinol vitamin a deficiency Low, Jan W. Walker, T. Hijmans R.J. The potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| title | The potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| title_full | The potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| title_fullStr | The potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| title_short | The potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| title_sort | potential impact of orange fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin a intake in sub saharan africa |
| topic | sweet potatoes retinol vitamin a deficiency |
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