Reaching Agents of Change Project: Successes, lessons and recommendations. Ex-post evaluation report

The ex-post evaluation assessed the experiences, achievements and lessons from the Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project in its three primary countries of operation, namely Mozambique, Tanzania and Nigeria. RAC was a collaborative project implemented between April 2011 and August 2015, and funded...

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Main Author: International Potato Center
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Potato Center 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113735
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description The ex-post evaluation assessed the experiences, achievements and lessons from the Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project in its three primary countries of operation, namely Mozambique, Tanzania and Nigeria. RAC was a collaborative project implemented between April 2011 and August 2015, and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal of the project was to contribute to the efforts to reduce vitamin A deficiency (VAD) through policy reforms, advocacy for new investments, and capacity development. Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a critical and a widespread public health problem. CIP proved the concept that consumption and scaling up of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) is an effective strategy for reducing VAD in children Analysis of the evaluation data shows that CIP, along with its partners, has succeeded in proving that modest amounts of OFSP consumed by children could reduce the prevalence of VAD and that farmers, but largely women, would maintain sweetpotato vines for planting and grow OFSP for consumption and local markets. For this achievement CIP and HarvestPlus shared the 2016 World Food Prize
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spelling CGSpace1137352025-11-06T13:27:51Z Reaching Agents of Change Project: Successes, lessons and recommendations. Ex-post evaluation report International Potato Center nutrition sweet potatoes biofortification gender farmers The ex-post evaluation assessed the experiences, achievements and lessons from the Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project in its three primary countries of operation, namely Mozambique, Tanzania and Nigeria. RAC was a collaborative project implemented between April 2011 and August 2015, and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal of the project was to contribute to the efforts to reduce vitamin A deficiency (VAD) through policy reforms, advocacy for new investments, and capacity development. Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a critical and a widespread public health problem. CIP proved the concept that consumption and scaling up of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) is an effective strategy for reducing VAD in children Analysis of the evaluation data shows that CIP, along with its partners, has succeeded in proving that modest amounts of OFSP consumed by children could reduce the prevalence of VAD and that farmers, but largely women, would maintain sweetpotato vines for planting and grow OFSP for consumption and local markets. For this achievement CIP and HarvestPlus shared the 2016 World Food Prize 2018-05 2021-05-19T03:50:40Z 2021-05-19T03:50:40Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113735 en Open Access application/pdf International Potato Center International Potato Center. 2018. Reaching Agents of Change Project: Successes, lessons and recommendations. Ex-post evaluation report. Building Nutritious Food Baskets Project. International Potato Center, Nairobi, Kenya. 58 p. ISBN 978-92-9060-494-5.
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Reaching Agents of Change Project: Successes, lessons and recommendations. Ex-post evaluation report
title Reaching Agents of Change Project: Successes, lessons and recommendations. Ex-post evaluation report
title_full Reaching Agents of Change Project: Successes, lessons and recommendations. Ex-post evaluation report
title_fullStr Reaching Agents of Change Project: Successes, lessons and recommendations. Ex-post evaluation report
title_full_unstemmed Reaching Agents of Change Project: Successes, lessons and recommendations. Ex-post evaluation report
title_short Reaching Agents of Change Project: Successes, lessons and recommendations. Ex-post evaluation report
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sweet potatoes
biofortification
gender
farmers
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