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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Autores principales: 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.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Rural Outreach Program 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82699
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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.
author_sort Mulambu, J.
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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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