Vitamin A cassava in Nigeria: Crop development and delivery
Biofortified vitamin A “yellow” cassava can help address the adverse health effects of vitamin A deficiency. By 2016, HarvestPlus and its partners had successfully developed and delivered vitamin A cassava varieties to more than one million farming households in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic o...
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African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
2017
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| author | Ilona, Paul Bouis, Howarth E. Palenberg, M. Moursi, Mourad Oparinde, Adewale |
| author_browse | Bouis, Howarth E. Ilona, Paul Moursi, Mourad Oparinde, Adewale Palenberg, M. |
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| description | Biofortified vitamin A “yellow” cassava can help address the adverse health effects of vitamin A deficiency. By 2016, HarvestPlus and its partners had successfully developed and delivered vitamin A cassava varieties to more than one million farming households in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). HarvestPlus has established the proof of concept that vitamin A cassava varieties can be developed without compromising yield levels and that these varieties are widely accepted. The delivery program has shown that farmers are willing to grow vitamin A cassava varieties and consumers are willing to buy and eat vitamin A cassava products. This paper summarizes the country, nutritional and consumer background, the crop development and release of biofortified vitamin A cassava varieties in Nigeria, progress in monitoring and evaluation of results, and synthesizes lessons learned and future challenges. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1485982025-04-24T19:54:38Z Vitamin A cassava in Nigeria: Crop development and delivery Ilona, Paul Bouis, Howarth E. Palenberg, M. Moursi, Mourad Oparinde, Adewale biofortification vitamin a deficiency cassava Biofortified vitamin A “yellow” cassava can help address the adverse health effects of vitamin A deficiency. By 2016, HarvestPlus and its partners had successfully developed and delivered vitamin A cassava varieties to more than one million farming households in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). HarvestPlus has established the proof of concept that vitamin A cassava varieties can be developed without compromising yield levels and that these varieties are widely accepted. The delivery program has shown that farmers are willing to grow vitamin A cassava varieties and consumers are willing to buy and eat vitamin A cassava products. This paper summarizes the country, nutritional and consumer background, the crop development and release of biofortified vitamin A cassava varieties in Nigeria, progress in monitoring and evaluation of results, and synthesizes lessons learned and future challenges. 2017 2024-06-21T09:25:10Z 2024-06-21T09:25:10Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148598 en Open Access African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development Ilona, Paul; Bouis, Howarth E.; Palenberg, M.; Moursi, Mourad; Oparinde, Adewale. 2017. Vitamin A cassava in Nigeria: Crop development and delivery. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development 17(2): 12000-12025. https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.78.HarvestPlus09 |
| spellingShingle | biofortification vitamin a deficiency cassava Ilona, Paul Bouis, Howarth E. Palenberg, M. Moursi, Mourad Oparinde, Adewale Vitamin A cassava in Nigeria: Crop development and delivery |
| title | Vitamin A cassava in Nigeria: Crop development and delivery |
| title_full | Vitamin A cassava in Nigeria: Crop development and delivery |
| title_fullStr | Vitamin A cassava in Nigeria: Crop development and delivery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vitamin A cassava in Nigeria: Crop development and delivery |
| title_short | Vitamin A cassava in Nigeria: Crop development and delivery |
| title_sort | vitamin a cassava in nigeria crop development and delivery |
| topic | biofortification vitamin a deficiency cassava |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148598 |
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