Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal
Biofortification has received increasing attention as an effective foodbased and sustainable approach to addressing micro-nutrient deficiencies in the most deserving of population segments in developing countries. The Building Nutritious Food Baskets (BNFB) is a collaborative project of the CGIAR and FARA seeking to take biofortified crops to scale in African …
Read More »Poster: Facilitating Learning and Capacity Strengthening: Lessons from the Reaching Agents of Change project in scaling up orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP)
This poster is on facilitating learning and capacity strengthening. It shows the lessons that are learnt from the Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project that include: 1. A multi-disciplinary, multi-agency partnership is critical for scaling up OFSP due to widespread malnutrition in the target countries, and the crosscutting nature …
Read More »Building Nutritious Food Baskets – Tanzania Partners Planning Workshop Report
This report documents the proceedings of the Building Nutritious Food Baskets (BNFB) Tanzania partners planning workshop held September 22-23, 2016 at the White Sands Hotel, Dar es Salaam – Tanzania. It documents the processes and outputs of the workshop, including presentations made in plenary, discussions, and results or outputs of …
Read More »Scaling up Biofortified Crops through a “Food Basket” Approach for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa
Biofortification is one of the sustainable and cost-effective ways of addressing micronutrient malnutrition. Biofortification efforts are gaining global recognition and impacting on millions of people by addressing food insecurity especially in Africa. This year’s World Food Prize has been awarded to four laureates in recognition of their efforts in developing …
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