Iron beans in Rwanda: crop development and delivery experience
HarvestPlus and its partners have successfully developed and delivered iron bean varieties to more than one million farming households in Rwanda, DRC, and Uganda to help combat the adverse health effects of iron deficiency widespread in these countries. Focusing primarily on Rwanda, this chapter sum...
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Rural Outreach Program
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| author | Mulambu, J. Andersson, Meike S. Palenberg, M. Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H. Saltzman, Amy Birol, Ekin Oparinde, A. Boy, Erick Asare-Marfo, Dorene Lubobo, Antoine Kanyenga Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha Nkalubo, Stanley T. |
| author_browse | Andersson, Meike S. Asare-Marfo, Dorene Birol, Ekin Boy, Erick Lubobo, Antoine Kanyenga Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha Mulambu, J. Nkalubo, Stanley T. Oparinde, A. Palenberg, M. Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H. Saltzman, Amy |
| author_facet | Mulambu, J. Andersson, Meike S. Palenberg, M. Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H. Saltzman, Amy Birol, Ekin Oparinde, A. Boy, Erick Asare-Marfo, Dorene Lubobo, Antoine Kanyenga Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha Nkalubo, Stanley T. |
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| description | HarvestPlus and its partners have successfully developed and delivered iron bean varieties to more than one million farming households in Rwanda, DRC, and Uganda to help combat the adverse health effects of iron deficiency widespread in these countries. Focusing primarily on Rwanda, this chapter summarizes the country, nutritional and consumer background, crop development, release, and delivery of iron bean varieties and synthesizes lessons learned and future challenges. |
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| spelling | CGSpace826992025-04-08T18:26:57Z Iron beans in Rwanda: crop development and delivery experience Mulambu, J. Andersson, Meike S. Palenberg, M. Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H. Saltzman, Amy Birol, Ekin Oparinde, A. Boy, Erick Asare-Marfo, Dorene Lubobo, Antoine Kanyenga Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha Nkalubo, Stanley T. iron deficiency chlorosis biofortification common beans micronutrient deficiencies beans HarvestPlus and its partners have successfully developed and delivered iron bean varieties to more than one million farming households in Rwanda, DRC, and Uganda to help combat the adverse health effects of iron deficiency widespread in these countries. Focusing primarily on Rwanda, this chapter summarizes the country, nutritional and consumer background, crop development, release, and delivery of iron bean varieties and synthesizes lessons learned and future challenges. 2017-04 2017-07-10T16:26:27Z 2017-07-10T16:26:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82699 en Open Access Rural Outreach Program Mulambu, J.; Andersson, Meike S.; Palenberg, M.; Pfeiffer, Wolfgang; Saltzman, A.; Birol, E.; Oparinde, A.; Boy, E.; Asare-Marfo, D.; Lubobo, A.; Mukankusi, Clare; Nkalubo, S. 2017. Iron beans in Rwanda: crop development and delivery experience. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development. Rural Outreach Program, 17(2): 12026-12050. https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.78.harvestplus10 |
| spellingShingle | iron deficiency chlorosis biofortification common beans micronutrient deficiencies beans Mulambu, J. Andersson, Meike S. Palenberg, M. Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H. Saltzman, Amy Birol, Ekin Oparinde, A. Boy, Erick Asare-Marfo, Dorene Lubobo, Antoine Kanyenga Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha Nkalubo, Stanley T. Iron beans in Rwanda: crop development and delivery experience |
| title | Iron beans in Rwanda: crop development and delivery experience |
| title_full | Iron beans in Rwanda: crop development and delivery experience |
| title_fullStr | Iron beans in Rwanda: crop development and delivery experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Iron beans in Rwanda: crop development and delivery experience |
| title_short | Iron beans in Rwanda: crop development and delivery experience |
| title_sort | iron beans in rwanda crop development and delivery experience |
| topic | iron deficiency chlorosis biofortification common beans micronutrient deficiencies beans |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82699 |
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