Using agriculture to improve child health: Promoting orange sweet potatoes reduces diarrhea
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is prevalent throughout the developing world, and causes night blindness and increases child morbidity and mortality. We studied the health benefits of biofortification in reducing VAD, using a cluster-randomized impact evaluation in 36 villages in northern Mozambique. Bas...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Elsevier
2015
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150529 |
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