What is required to scale-up and sustain biofortification? Achievements, challenges and lessons from scaling-up Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato in Sub-Sahara Africa
This review presents results of the ex-post survey on Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project, highlightingexperiences, lessons, challenges and recommendations for scaling up orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP). TheRAC project was a three-and halfyear initiative (2011 and 2015), implemented in three p...
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| author | Mulongo, G. Munyua, H.M. Mbabu, A.N. Maru, J. |
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| description | This review presents results of the ex-post survey on Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project, highlightingexperiences, lessons, challenges and recommendations for scaling up orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP). TheRAC project was a three-and halfyear initiative (2011 and 2015), implemented in three primary countries, namelyTanzania, Mozambique, Nigeria, and to a lesser extent Ghana and Burkina Faso. The project advocated for policychange and increased investments to scale-up the orangefleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) to combat vitamin A defi-ciency. RAC planned to generate new investments totaling US$ 18 million for OFSP activities in the three years ofits life but exceeded this target by 20%. RAC further expected to benefit at least 600,000 households directly andis currently on track, having reached 309,974 direct beneficiaries (of whom 20.3% were women). The RACexperience demonstrated a potential scaling-up model for biofortified crops based on the hypothesis that scalingup can be achieved through supportive policies (and investments), strong institutional capacities and appropriateinnovative technologies working through a partnership of governmental and non-governmental organizations andcivil society. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1152212023-12-08T19:36:04Z What is required to scale-up and sustain biofortification? Achievements, challenges and lessons from scaling-up Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato in Sub-Sahara Africa Mulongo, G. Munyua, H.M. Mbabu, A.N. Maru, J. capacity development sweet potatoes biofortification vitamin a deficiency children This review presents results of the ex-post survey on Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project, highlightingexperiences, lessons, challenges and recommendations for scaling up orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP). TheRAC project was a three-and halfyear initiative (2011 and 2015), implemented in three primary countries, namelyTanzania, Mozambique, Nigeria, and to a lesser extent Ghana and Burkina Faso. The project advocated for policychange and increased investments to scale-up the orangefleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) to combat vitamin A defi-ciency. RAC planned to generate new investments totaling US$ 18 million for OFSP activities in the three years ofits life but exceeded this target by 20%. RAC further expected to benefit at least 600,000 households directly andis currently on track, having reached 309,974 direct beneficiaries (of whom 20.3% were women). The RACexperience demonstrated a potential scaling-up model for biofortified crops based on the hypothesis that scalingup can be achieved through supportive policies (and investments), strong institutional capacities and appropriateinnovative technologies working through a partnership of governmental and non-governmental organizations andcivil society. 2021-06 2021-09-28T23:24:49Z 2021-09-28T23:24:49Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115221 en Open Access Elsevier Mulongo, G., Munyua, H., Mbabu, A., & Maru, J. (2021). What is required to scale-up and sustain biofortification? Achievements, challenges and lessons from scaling-up Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato in Sub-Sahara Africa. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. ISSN 2666-1543. 4, 100102. |
| spellingShingle | capacity development sweet potatoes biofortification vitamin a deficiency children Mulongo, G. Munyua, H.M. Mbabu, A.N. Maru, J. What is required to scale-up and sustain biofortification? Achievements, challenges and lessons from scaling-up Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato in Sub-Sahara Africa |
| title | What is required to scale-up and sustain biofortification? Achievements, challenges and lessons from scaling-up Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato in Sub-Sahara Africa |
| title_full | What is required to scale-up and sustain biofortification? Achievements, challenges and lessons from scaling-up Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato in Sub-Sahara Africa |
| title_fullStr | What is required to scale-up and sustain biofortification? Achievements, challenges and lessons from scaling-up Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato in Sub-Sahara Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | What is required to scale-up and sustain biofortification? Achievements, challenges and lessons from scaling-up Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato in Sub-Sahara Africa |
| title_short | What is required to scale-up and sustain biofortification? Achievements, challenges and lessons from scaling-up Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato in Sub-Sahara Africa |
| title_sort | what is required to scale up and sustain biofortification achievements challenges and lessons from scaling up orange fleshed sweetpotato in sub sahara africa |
| topic | capacity development sweet potatoes biofortification vitamin a deficiency children |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115221 |
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