Tag Archives: Orange-fleshed sweet potato

School feeding in Nigeria provides a variety of meals (including OFSP) to pupils, as a mean to fight against vitamin A deficiency. In addition, it provides income to caterers & farmers. Even though OFSP is highly accepted by pupils and stakeholders, developing other markets is necessary  so as to absorb …

by FEED THE FUTURE PARTNERING FOR INNOVATION Orange-fleshed Sweet Potato Products are Improving Nutrition in Malawi

Background: White maize, which is widely used for complementary feeding and is seldom fortified at the household level, may be associated with the high prevalence of vitamin A deficiency among infants in low-income countries. Objective: The nutrient composition of complementary foods based on orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) and cream-fleshed sweet …

The Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS) of sweetpotato-based complementary foods (OFSP ComFa and CFSP ComFa) and cereal-based infant products (Weanimix and Cerelac) was assessed using three week-old male Sprague Dawley rats weighing between 53–67 g as a model for human infants. Also, the effect of consumption of the …

This is a Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) announcement for a gender sensitive training of trainers (ToT) course: “Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato’’. The overall objective of this training is to build the capacity of national implementing agencies in the region to drive uptake of OFSP.

This is a course announcement for a gender sensitive training of trainers (ToT) course: “Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato’’. The overall objective of this training is to build the capacity of national implementing agencies in the region to drive uptake of OFSP.

This is a Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) announcement for a gender sensitive training of trainers (ToT) course: “Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato’’. The overall objective of this training is to build the capacity of national implementing agencies in the region to drive uptake of OFSP.

This is a Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) announcement for a gender sensitive training of trainers (ToT) course: “Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato’’. The overall objective of this training is to build the capacity of national implementing agencies in the region to drive uptake of OFSP.

The Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) is an initiative aimed at increasing investments and commitment to the dissemination and use of Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP) as a means to combat Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) and food insecurity in Africa. The RAC project targets Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana and Burkina Faso with …