A large-scale intervention to introduce orange sweet potato in rural Mozambique increases vitamin A intakes among children and women
β-Carotene-rich orange sweet potato (OSP) has been shown to improve vitamin A status of infants and young children in controlled efficacy trials and in a small-scale effectiveness study with intensive exposure to project inputs. However, the potential of this important food crop to reduce the risk o...
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Cambridge University Press
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67132 |
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