Sweet potato development and delivery in sub-saharan Africa
In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 40% of children under five years of age suffer from vitamin A deficiency. Among several interventions in place to address vitamin A deficiency is biofortification, breeding vitamin A into key staple crops. Staple crops biofortified with beta-carotene, the precursor t...
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African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
2017
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| author | Low, Jan W. Ball, A. Magezi, Sylvia Ruhweza Njoku, J. Tomlins, Keith I. Dove, R. Mourik, Tom A. van Andrade, M.I. Mwanga, Robert O.M. |
| author_browse | Andrade, M.I. Ball, A. Dove, R. Low, Jan W. Magezi, Sylvia Ruhweza Mourik, Tom A. van Mwanga, Robert O.M. Njoku, J. Tomlins, Keith I. |
| author_facet | Low, Jan W. Ball, A. Magezi, Sylvia Ruhweza Njoku, J. Tomlins, Keith I. Dove, R. Mourik, Tom A. van Andrade, M.I. Mwanga, Robert O.M. |
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| description | In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 40% of children under five years of age suffer from vitamin A deficiency. Among several interventions in place to address vitamin A deficiency is biofortification, breeding vitamin A into key staple crops. Staple crops biofortified with beta-carotene, the precursor to vitamin A, are orange in color. Given the natural occurrence of high levels of beta-carotene in many sweet potato varieties, breeding progress for biofortified orange sweet potato (OSP) has been much faster than for the other vitamin A enhanced staples. Nearly 3 million households have been reached with OSP. This paper reviews key factors influencing the uptake of OSP, the breeding investment, five key delivery approaches that have been tested in the region and efforts to broaden government and other stakeholder engagement. |
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| spelling | CGSpace929582025-03-31T18:21:22Z Sweet potato development and delivery in sub-saharan Africa Low, Jan W. Ball, A. Magezi, Sylvia Ruhweza Njoku, J. Tomlins, Keith I. Dove, R. Mourik, Tom A. van Andrade, M.I. Mwanga, Robert O.M. sweet potatoes retinol evaluation biofortification micronutrient deficiencies trace elements In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 40% of children under five years of age suffer from vitamin A deficiency. Among several interventions in place to address vitamin A deficiency is biofortification, breeding vitamin A into key staple crops. Staple crops biofortified with beta-carotene, the precursor to vitamin A, are orange in color. Given the natural occurrence of high levels of beta-carotene in many sweet potato varieties, breeding progress for biofortified orange sweet potato (OSP) has been much faster than for the other vitamin A enhanced staples. Nearly 3 million households have been reached with OSP. This paper reviews key factors influencing the uptake of OSP, the breeding investment, five key delivery approaches that have been tested in the region and efforts to broaden government and other stakeholder engagement. 2017-01-01 2018-05-29T20:10:10Z 2018-05-29T20:10:10Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92958 en Open Access African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development Low, J.; Ball, A.; Magezi, S.; Njoku, J.; Mwanga, R.; Andrade, M.; Tomlins, K.; Dove, R.; Mourik, T. V. 2017. Sweet potato development and delivery in sub-saharan Africa. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development. ISSN 1684-5374. 17(2):11955-11972. |
| spellingShingle | sweet potatoes retinol evaluation biofortification micronutrient deficiencies trace elements Low, Jan W. Ball, A. Magezi, Sylvia Ruhweza Njoku, J. Tomlins, Keith I. Dove, R. Mourik, Tom A. van Andrade, M.I. Mwanga, Robert O.M. Sweet potato development and delivery in sub-saharan Africa |
| title | Sweet potato development and delivery in sub-saharan Africa |
| title_full | Sweet potato development and delivery in sub-saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Sweet potato development and delivery in sub-saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sweet potato development and delivery in sub-saharan Africa |
| title_short | Sweet potato development and delivery in sub-saharan Africa |
| title_sort | sweet potato development and delivery in sub saharan africa |
| topic | sweet potatoes retinol evaluation biofortification micronutrient deficiencies trace elements |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92958 |
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