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Quality Diets for Better Health: Longitudinal Baseline ReportThe “Quality Diets for Better Health” (QDBH) project is a 54 months activity financed by the European Union working in four woredas (districts) in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Regio...
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Boosting Demand for Biofortified Foods: The Case of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Bread in Tamale, GhanaIn the context of introducing biofortification of staple crops as a food-based approach to combat micronutrient malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), we carried out a survey in Tamale, Ghana to...Read More »
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Tackling vitamin A deficiency with biofortified sweetpotato in sub-Saharan AfricaOrange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) is a rich plant-based source of beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A. In sub-Saharan Africa, sweetpotato is known as a food security crop but most...Read More »
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A Study of Household Food security and Adoption of Biofortified Crop Varieties in Tanzania: The Case of Orange-Fleshed SweetpotatoFood insecurity has become a key issue in the field of development in recent years with major inadequate intake of vitamin A-rich foods. Specifically, vitamin A deficiency (VAD) remains a major hea...Read More »
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Does Information on Food Production Technology Affect Consumers’ Mental Models Relating to Biofortified Foods? Evidence from a Field Experiment in KenyaThis study used a field experiment and the means-end chain approach to examine the effect of providing information on the biofortification process on consumers' acceptance of orange-fleshed sweetpo...Read More »
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Kitabu cha Mafunzo ya Usindikaju na Matumizi ya Viazi Vyenye LisheViazi vitamu ni moja kati ya mazao ya mizizi yanayolimwa kwa ajili ya chakula cha binadamu na mifugo. Pia ni kwa ajili ya malighafi viwandani na kuongeza kipato kwa mkulima. Zao hili ni muhimu kwa ...
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Implementation of Multiple Irish Aid-Funded Orange Flesh Sweet Potato ProjectsBiofortification of sweetpotatoes is a promising and sustainable agricultural approach to reduce vitamin A deficiency (VAD), particularly in remote areas where individuals have limited access to co...
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Biofortification, Crop Adoption, and Health Information: Impact Pathways in Mozambique and UgandaBiofortification, breeding staple food crops to be dense sources of essential micronutrients, is fast emerging as a strategy to fight micronutrient malnutrition. Large-scale biofortification invest...
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Quality Diets for Better Health: Longitudinal Baseline ReportThe “Quality Diets for Better Health” (QDBH) project is a 54 months activity financed by the European Union working in four woredas (districts) in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Regio...
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2019 SPHI Brief 38. Feed the Future Malawi improved seed systems and technologies (MISST) project: Orange-fleshed sweetpotato component.The project (December 2014-June 2019) enabled more than 63,000 households to produce and consume pro-vitamin A rich orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP). We have built the capacity of private sector, ...
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2019 SPHI Brief 37. Nutritious maize-OFSP porridge helps diversity diet in school feeding programme in Malawi.To date, the Root and Tuber Crops (RTC)Action project (2016-2021) has reached 50,000 beneficiary households. This year it piloted introducing orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) into eight primary sc...
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2019 SPHI Brief 35. Promoting OFSP for income, women's empowerment, and nutrition: Lessons from Helen Keller International's Programs in Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.The Healthy Lifestyle Project in Nigeria that started in January 2018 has worked to create awareness about the nutritional quality of Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP), which has led to uptake of t...
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2019 SPHI Brief 33. Strengthening institutional systems for scaling up OFSP for improved nutrition and food security in Tigray and SNNPR, EthiopiaFrom July 2017 to May 2019, a total of 8.45 million orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) cuttings (1,317,500 in Tigray and 7,131,220 in Southern Nations Nationalities and People Region (SNNPR)) were d...
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2019 SPHI Brief 32. Viable Sweetpotato Technologies in Africa (VISTA) Mozambique delivered orange-fleshed sweetpotato at Scale.During the 5-year project period, 74,000 households (55% female-headed) received quality orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) planting material; 39% of them were able to sustain production of OFSP in ...
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2019 SPHI Brief 31. Moving ahead with the nutritious sweetpotato in Inhambane, Mozambique.From the lessons learned from previous activities in the Niassa province and recognizing that the agro-climatic conditions were completely different, the project started to implement field activiti...
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2019 SPHI Brief 29. Scaling sweetpotato-led interventions to improve smallholders' nutrition and food security in Tigray Region, Ethiopia.1 million vines have been distributed to 1,072 households in Tigray region of Ethiopia. The capacity of extension service delivery partners (agriculture and health extension), model farmers, and wo...
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2019 SPHI Brief 28. Quality diets for better health in Ethiopia.Dry matter matters: New, locally adapted Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato varieties bolster food and nutrition security in SNNPR, Ethiopia.
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Presentation 13. Orange fleshed sweet potatoes in tackling ‘hidden hunger in Sierra Leon
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Quality Diets for Better Health Formative Nutrition Report: Assessment of Infant and Young Child Feeding in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region, EthiopiaInfant and young child feeding in Ethiopia is sub-optimal, and is especially so in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia. The International Potato Center (CIP) ...
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Making a Difference with Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato-led Nutrition InterventionsA presentation on making a difference with OFSP-led nutrition interventions on the Food and Agriculture Organization's website.Read More »
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Does Information on Food Production Technology Affect Consumers’ Mental Models Relating to Biofortified Foods? Evidence from a Field Experiment in KenyaThis study used a field experiment and the means-end chain approach to examine the effect of providing information on the biofortification process on consumers' acceptance of orange-fleshed sweetpo...Read More »
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How promoting consumption of traditional African vegetables affects household nutrition security in TanzaniaTraditional African vegetables have recently received considerable attention for their contribution to food and nutrition security and opportunities for enhancing smallholder livelihoods. Promoting...Read More »
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Farmers experiences in promoting sweetpotato production and productivity in Uganda: A case of Soroti Sweetpotato Producers and Processors Association (SOSPPA)Soroti Sweetpotato Producers and Processors Association (SOSPPA) is community farmer-based initiative. Registered in 2006 as with the objective of integrating farmer training and commercial product...
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A Situation Analysis of Nutrition And Food Security Policies Among Regional and Sub-regional Organizations In Sub-saharan AfricaThe Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project started in June 2011, and is being implemented by the International Potato Center (CIP), with Helen Keller International (HKI) as a major partner. RAC is...
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Revitalizing a platform for regional Advocacy on Vitamin A in Africa: Final ReportOne of the key debates within the stakeholders in this workshop was the scope and focus of a new platform. Like RAC, the previous VITAA platform grew from the activities that had started up around ...
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Nigeria. Agronomy annual report 2013This report reviews objective 2 activities of the Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project in Nigeria for year 2 (June 2012 to May 30th 2013). Farmer participatory on-farm trials were established in...
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Farmers experiences in promoting sweetpotato production and productivity in Uganda: A case of Soroti Sweetpotato Producers and Processors Association (SOSPPA)Soroti Sweetpotato Producers and Processors Association (SOSPPA) is community farmer-based initiative. Registered in 2006 as with the objective of integrating farmer training and commercial product...
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Revitalizing a platform for regional Advocacy on Vitamin A in Africa: Final Report of the VITAA Platform Meeting Held in Nairobi, January 2013One of the key debates within the stakeholders in this workshop was the scope and focus of a new platform. Like RAC, the previous VITAA platform grew from the activities that had started up around ...
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A Situation Analysis of Nutrition And Food Security Policies Among Regional and Sub-regional Organizations In Sub-saharan AfricaThe Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project started in June 2011, and is being implemented by the International Potato Center (CIP), with Helen Keller International (HKI) as a major partner. RAC is...
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Flyer 1: Promouvoir des approches axées sur l’alimentation pour lutter contre la carence en vitamine A en AfriqueLa carence en vitamine A (CVA) est un problème de santé publique grave en Afrique. Il est le résultat d’une consommation insuffisante d’aliments riches en vitamine A et des infections fréquentes. L...
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Flyer 1: Promote Food-based Approaches to Combat Vitamin A Deficiency in AfricaVitamin A deficiency (VAD), a serious public health problem in Africa, is the result of inadequate dietary intake of vitamin A rich foods and frequent infections. The problem affects an estimated 4...
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Flyer 2: Promouvoir une approche globale pour réduire la carence en vitamine A en AfriqueLa carence en vitamine A (CVA) touche plus de 43% des enfants en âge préscolaire en Afrique. La cause principale est l’insuffisance de l’apport en vitamine A due à une mauvaise alimentation. Des in...
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EVIDENCE REPORT No 127: Reducing Hunger and UndernutritionThis case study examines the outcomes if interventions in Tanzania that have promoted the production and consumption of orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) - a biofortified crop with the objective o...
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The Feed the Future Rwanda Orange Fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP) for Income and Nutrition Activity, June 2016
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Tanzania OFSP Situation Analysis and Needs Assessment ReportMalnutrition is one of the most serious health problems affecting infants, children, and women of reproductive age in Tanzania. Despite progress made, millions of children and women in Tanzania con...
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Report on Donor Roundtable Meeting Hosted by Helen Keller International and International Potato Center in Collaboration with Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentThe International Potato Center (CIP) and Helen Keller International (HKI) have entered into collaboration to implement the Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) Project. The project’s intention is to pr...
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ADVOCACY ANALYSIS WORKSHOP REPORT- NigeriaThe objectives of the Workshop were viewed through plenary discussions, presentation of group work, brainstorming and breakout sessions. After each plenary, participants were divided into small gro...
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Flyer 3: Investir dans la patate douce à chair orange pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle en AfriqueEnviron 218 millions d’Africains sont victimes de faim et de malnutrition chroniques. La promotion de variétés de patate douce à chair orange (PDCO) qui sont précoces, à haut rendement, résistantes...
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Flyer 3: Invest in Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato for Food and Nutrition Security in AfricaAn estimated 218 million Africans suffer from chronic hunger and malnutrition. Promoting orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) varieties that are early maturing, high yielding, drought-tolerant and hig...
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Reaching Agents of Change: Country Advocacy Strategy - NigeriaFood security is a situation that exists when all people, at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food prefere...
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Flyer: The Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) Project in Nigeria (2011-2014)Nigeria is the second largest sweetpotato producing country in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with annual production estimated at 3.9 million metric tons per year. Sweetpotato is grown in all 36 states, ...
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Using Agriculture to Improve Child Health: Promoting Orange Sweet Potatoes Reduces DiarrheaVitamin A deficiency (VAD) is prevalent throughout the developing world, and causes night blindness and increases child morbidity and mortality. We studied the health benefits of biofortification i...Read More »
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Implementation of Multiple Irish Aid-Funded Orange Flesh Sweet Potato ProjectsBiofortification of sweetpotatoes is a promising and sustainable agricultural approach to reduce vitamin A deficiency (VAD), particularly in remote areas where individuals have limited access to co...
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Biofortification, Crop Adoption, and Health Information: Impact Pathways in Mozambique and UgandaBiofortification, breeding staple food crops to be dense sources of essential micronutrients, is fast emerging as a strategy to fight micronutrient malnutrition. Large-scale biofortification invest...
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Rooting Out Hunger in Malawi with Nutritious Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato: Year 3 Annual Report (1st November 2011–31st October 2012)The Rooting Out Hunger in Malawi with Nutritious Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Project is a 4.5-year, multi-partner effort to improve vitamin A and energy intake among at least 70,000 households with ...
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Orange Sweet Potato, Again?Orange-fleshed sweetpotato is chock-full of vitamin A and is spreading its goodness in Africa where people are in desperate need of dietary vitamin A. Read the full article on International Food Po...Read More »
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The Mama SASHA project in western KenyaMama SASHA (Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa) is a 5-year project (2010-2014) that seeks to explicitly integrate agriculture and nutrition interventions into antenatal health ca...Read More »
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HarvestPlus Nutrition Training ChartsThis document is a chart format document on HarvestPlus Nutrition. The chart sheet is based on "A good mixed meal" with emphasis on the importance of having food from every group. The chart also em...
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SPHI Brief 2015: Nutritious Orange-Fleshed-Sweetpotato for Niassa, MozambiqueThe key aim of the ‘Nutritious Orange-Fleshed-Sweetpotato for Niassa, Mozambique' project, which began in November 2012, is to improve vitamin A and energy intake for at least 20,000 rural househol...
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Integrating health and agriculture to maximize the nutritional impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Results from the Mama SASHAThe Mama SASHA project was implemented in select health facilities across Busia and Bungoma districts of Western Province, Kenya. The project was implemented within the existing USAID/Kenya AIDS, P...
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SPHI Brief 2015: Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato on the Home Grown School Feeding Menu in NigeriaSweetpotato for health and wealth in Nigeria and Jumpstarting OFSP in West Africa for diversified markets are two projects that focus on development of the value chain for health and wealth of the ...
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Flyer: A Holistic Approach to Combating Vitamin A Deficiency is Needed in TanzaniaVitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a serious public health problem, with 34% of Tanzanian children aged between 6-59 months deficient in this micronutrient. VAD increases risk of disease, visual impairm...
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Flyer: Holistic Approach to Combating Vitamin A Deficiency is Needed in NigeriaVitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a serious public health problem, with 30% of Nigerian preschool aged children deficient in this micronutrient. VAD increases risk of disease, visual impairment and dea...
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Flyer: A Holistic Approach to Combating Vitamin A Deficiency is Needed in MozambiqueVitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a serious public health problem, with over 69% of preschool aged Mozambican children deficient in this micronutrient. VAD increases risk of disease, visual impairment ...
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RAC Brief 2012: What is Vitamin A deficiency and what foods can help prevent itOrange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) is an easy to grow, rich source of vitamin A and hence, is a cost-effective way to combat Vitamin A Deficiency in children under 5 years of age and women of reprod...
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Sweetpotato for the New Millennium: Trends in Production and Utilization in Developing CountriesThis paper analyzes recent trends in sweetpotato production and use from a global, regional, and sub-regional perspective. Developments in Asia, China in particular and Sub-Saharan Africa merit par...
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RAC Brief 2012: Why invest in orange fleshed sweetpotato in Tanzania?Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) is an easy to grow, rich source of vitamin A and hence, is a cost-effective way to combat Vitamin A Deficiency in children under 5 years of age and women of reprod...
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Sweetpotato Promotion Group: University of IbadanThis is a book of proceedings of the First National Conference on Sweetpotato in Nigeria held at First Bank Building of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeri...
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The HarvestPlus Reaching End Users Project (Uganda)This is a Nutrition Training Chart by HarvestPlus Reaching End Users Project (Uganda).
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Sustainable sweetpotato production and utilization in Orissa, IndiaOver the past few years, sweetpotato production has undergone a fundamental transformation in Orissa, India. There has been a significant amount of interest in cultivating sweetpotato from farming ...
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ROOTS AND TUBERS IN THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM: A Vision Statement to the Year 2020In 1995, TAC commissioned an Inter-Centre Review of Root and Tuber Crops Research in the CGIAR, and that group’s final report was submitted in April 1996. Among its findings, the review recommended...
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The Role of Potato and Sweetpotato in Disaster Relief: The Case of Rwandan Refugees in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex-Zaire),1994-96This case study illustrates that new cultivars and labor-based technologies to improve the productivity of the farming systems are available in the region, and that they can be adopted rapidly by l...
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Increased Promotion and Evaluation of High β-carotene Sweetpotato as part of the Food Based Approaches to Combat Vitamin A Deficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)Sweetpotato is one of the most important staple crops in densely populated parts of eastern Africa and is fast becoming an important supplementary staple in the southern part of the continent. Swee...
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SWEETPOTATO PRESENTATIONSweetpotato is considered the seventh most important food crop in the world and is ranked fourth in developing countries. It is cultivated in more than 100 countries as a valuable source of human f...
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Sweetpotato Education, Research and Capacity Development through a CIP-Orissa Learning SiteCIP began systematic research on sweetpotato in 1985. Since then CIP scientists have studied and promoted sweetpotato as a means to help reduce extreme poverty, hunger and malnutrition, to increase...
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Healthy Eating for mother, babies and childrenThese cards are designed for health workers to use when counselling pregnant women during antenatal clinic visits and mothers of newborns during postnatal clinic visits. The cards focus on key mess...
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Does Information on Food Production Technology Affect Consumers’ Mental Models Relating to Biofortified Foods? Evidence from a Field Experiment in KenyaThis study used a field experiment and the means-end chain approach to examine the effect of providing information on the biofortification process on consumers' acceptance of orange-fleshed sweetpo...Read More »
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Module 7: Frequency of Consumption of Vitamin A Rich FoodsMicronutrient malnutrition, the lack of vitamin A in particular, is one of the major public health problems in less developed countries. It can lead to blindness and death in children under five ye...
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Module 6: Dietary Diversity ScorePoor households, women of reproductive age, and young children living in resource-poor settings are at high risk of inadequate micronutrient intakes when diets lack diversity. Diets of the poor are...
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Module 7: Frequency of Consumption of Vitamin A Rich FoodsMicronutrient malnutrition, the lack of vitamin A in particular, is one of the major public health problems in less developed countries. It can lead to blindness and death in children under five ye...
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Module 6: Dietary Diversity ScorePoor households, women of reproductive age, and young children living in resource-poor settings are at high risk of inadequate micronutrient intakes when diets lack diversity. Diets of the poor are...
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SENSORY EVALUATION AND CONSUMER ACCEPTABILITY OF HIGH BETA CAROTENE SWEETPOTATO BY PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDRENABSTRACTConsumers in the study comprised pregnant mothers (n = 79) and children below 2 years (n = 72). Mothers gave acceptability scores for how they perceived their children’s acceptance. All res...
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Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) for Measurement of Household Food Access: Indicator GuideIn light of the need to build consensus on household food access impact indicators, two strategic objective level indicators of household food access - HDDS and months of inadequate household food ...
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How to Use the HKI Food Frequency Method to Assess Community Risk of Vitamin A DeficiencyThe standard tool used to assess vitamin A deficiency include clinical exams, biochemical tests and dietary methods. Clinical and biochemical surveys are costly and can be logistically difficult to...
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Enhancing Antioxidants: Sweet Potato IngredientsThe article describes tests conducted on sweet potato flour and sweet potato juice concentrate, showing that sweet potato ingredients are good sources of phytochemicals. Testing also shows that swe...
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Consumer Perceptions and Demand for Biofortified Sweetpotato-based Biscuit: The Case of Akarabo Golden Power Biscuit in RwandaEfforts to combat vitamin A deficiency in developing countries have focused on the promotion of growing and consuming orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP), among other crops. Past studies have found i...
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HarvestPlus Nutrition Training ChartsThis document is a chart format document on HarvestPlus Nutrition. The chart sheet is based on "A good mixed meal" with emphasis on the importance of having food from every group. The chart also em...
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Production and Characterization of Peanut Butter Enhanced With Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato
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Getting to the root of better nutrition: Mama SASHA in Western KenyaWhat’s so important about the color orange? In a sweetpotato, orange could mean the difference between malnutrition and health for an African child. The secret of that sunset color? Beta-carotene, ...Read More »
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The HarvestPlus Reaching End Users Project (Uganda)This document by HarvestPlus contains nutrition training charts. The HarvestPlus Reaching End Users Project (Uganda) speaks of what a meal should have: "food from every group”, the role of Vitamin ...
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The HarvestPlus Reaching End Users Project (Uganda)This is a Nutrition Training Chart by HarvestPlus Reaching End Users Project (Uganda).
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The Use of OFSP to Combat Vitamin A Deficiency in UgandaThe HarvestPlus Initiative undertook a number of studies to document the situation of sweetpotato in Uganda with a focus on OFSP. These studies examined producer and consumer preferences, extension...
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The potential contribution of bread buns fortified with β-carotene–rich sweet potato in Central MozambiqueBackground. Orange-fleshed sweet potato is an efficacious source of vitamin A. Substituting wheat flour with orange-fleshed sweet potato in processed products could reduce foreign exchange outlays,...
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SWEETPOTATO PRESENTATIONSweetpotato is considered the seventh most important food crop in the world and is ranked fourth in developing countries. It is cultivated in more than 100 countries as a valuable source of human f...
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Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) vine silage: a cost-effective supplement for milk production in smallholder dairy-farming systems of East Africa?AbstractContext. Dairy production in East Africa is dominated by smallholder production systems, but is dogged by suboptimal milk production mediated by poor nutrition. Grain-based concentrates ca...
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Quality Diets for Better Health: Longitudinal Baseline ReportThe “Quality Diets for Better Health” (QDBH) project is a 54 months activity financed by the European Union working in four woredas (districts) in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Regio...
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2019 SPHI Brief 28. Quality diets for better health in Ethiopia.Dry matter matters: New, locally adapted Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato varieties bolster food and nutrition security in SNNPR, Ethiopia.
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2019 SASHA Brief 23. Food and nutritional evaluation laboratory (FANEL): Growth towards a sustainable service unit.Acquired and upgraded an Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy machine (ICP-OES) for mineral analysis, including an autosampler which enables high throughput analyses (Fig. 1). R...
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Quality Diets for Better Health Formative Nutrition Report: Assessment of Infant and Young Child Feeding in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region, EthiopiaInfant and young child feeding in Ethiopia is sub-optimal, and is especially so in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia. The International Potato Center (CIP) ...
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Food Safety Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Orange Fleshed Sweetpotato Puree Handlers in KenyaOrange Fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP) puree is a nutritious food ingredient for promoting Vitamin A intake in processed food products in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). OFSP puree handlers play a...
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Amylase familyStarch is a major storage product of many economically important crops such as wheat, rice, maize, tapioca, and potato. A large-scale starch processing industry has emerged in the last century. In ...Read More »
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African Traditional Foods and Nutrition: Making consumption of orange-fleshed sweetpotato a big dealIn this interview edition, we caught up with Dr. Francis Kweku Amagloh, a researcher from the University for Development Studies in Ghana who shared with us about his work on sweetpotato and child ...Read More »
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Resilient Nutritious SweetpotatoExplore the challenges in international agriculture, transforming livelihoods with sweetpotato, better nutrition, OFSP's income to women and other benefits of sweetpotato on International Potato Ce...Read More »
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A Situation Analysis of Nutrition And Food Security Policies Among Regional and Sub-regional Organizations In Sub-saharan AfricaThe Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project started in June 2011, and is being implemented by the International Potato Center (CIP), with Helen Keller International (HKI) as a major partner. RAC is...
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A Situation Analysis and Needs Assessment Report - NigeriaThe situation analysis examined the literature and information from both primary and secondary sources on sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) and orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) in three north central ...
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Effect of variety and processing method on functional properties of traditional sweet potato flour (“elubo”) and sensory acceptability of cooked paste (“amala”)“Amala” is a generic term in Nigeria, used to describe a thick paste prepared by stirring flour (“elubo”) from yam, cassava or unripe plantain, in hot water, to form a smooth consistency. In order ...
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The Global Nutrition Report - 2016Over the past decade, momentum around nutrition has been steadily building, with governments and stakeholders around the world acknowledging nutrition as a key component of development. In 2015, th...
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Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) for Measurement of Household Food Access: Indicator GuideIn light of the need to build consensus on household food access impact indicators, two strategic objective level indicators of household food access - HDDS and months of inadequate household food ...
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How to Use the HKI Food Frequency Method to Assess Community Risk of Vitamin A DeficiencyThe standard tool used to assess vitamin A deficiency include clinical exams, biochemical tests and dietary methods. Clinical and biochemical surveys are costly and can be logistically difficult to...
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Enhancing Antioxidants: Sweet Potato IngredientsThe article describes tests conducted on sweet potato flour and sweet potato juice concentrate, showing that sweet potato ingredients are good sources of phytochemicals. Testing also shows that swe...
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The Value of a Nutritionally Enhanced Staple Crop: Results from a Choice Experiment Conducted with Orange-fleshed Sweet Potatoes in MozambiqueA number of strategies have been proposed to reduce nutritional deficiencies in developing countries. In this paper, we investigated the extent to which consumers in Mozambique would be willing to ...Read More »
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New study calls for shift to pre-pregnancy nutrition, to drive down stunting in Rwandan children under two years oldA new scientific report calls for a shift in interventions to tackle malnutrition in children in Rwanda under the age of two. Read the full story by clicking on the title.Read More »
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Beating Hunger and Vitamin A Deficiency through Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato in MalawiRead the article about Beating Hunger and Vitamin A Deficiency through Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato in Malawi on the International Potato Center's website by clicking on the title.Read More »
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Iron Bioavailability and Provitamin A from Sweet Potato- and Cereal-Based Complementary FoodsIron and vitamin A deficiencies in childhood are public health problems in the developing world. Introduction of cereal-based complementary foods, that are often poor sources of both vitamin A and ...
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Biofortification, Crop Adoption, and Health Information: Impact Pathways in Mozambique and UgandaBiofortification, breeding staple food crops to be dense sources of essential micronutrients, is fast emerging as a strategy to fight micronutrient malnutrition. Large-scale biofortification invest...
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Effects of Organic and Mineral Fertilizers on total antioxidant, polyphenolic and carotenoid contents of Orange fleshed sweetpotato tubersA field study was conducted to determine the effect of organic and mineral-based fertilizers on phytochemical contents in the tubers of an orange fleshed sweetpotato variety (TIB-440060). Treatment...
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Evaluation of Eight Orange Fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP) Varieties for their Total Antioxidant, Total Carotenoid and Polyphenolic ContentsEight varieties of OFSP whose yields ranged from 6 t/ha (Caromex) to 15.22 t/ha (BF82xCIP-18) have a water content less than the current value observed for OFSP (71%).These varieties have been stud...
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Complementary food blends and malnutrition among infants in Ghana: A review and a proposed solutionWidespread malnutrition among Ghanaian infants could be attributed to unfortified plant-based complementary foods commonly used at the household level. This review summarizes the publications on th...
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Orange-fleshed sweet potato-based infant food is a better source of dietary vitamin A than a maize– legume blend as complementary foodBackground: 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 infa...
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Sweetpotato- and Cereal-Based Infant Foods: Protein Quality Assessment, and Effect on Body Composition Using Sprague Dawley Rats as a ModelThe 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 assess...
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The potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan AfricaA recent ex ante impact assessment indicates that orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes can make a major contribution to alleviating vitamin A malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Replacing the white-fleshed...
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HarvestPlus Nutrition Training ChartsThis document is a chart format document on HarvestPlus Nutrition. The chart sheet is based on "A good mixed meal" with emphasis on the importance of having food from every group. The chart also em...
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Integrating health and agriculture to maximize the nutritional impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Results from the Mama SASHAThe Mama SASHA project was implemented in select health facilities across Busia and Bungoma districts of Western Province, Kenya. The project was implemented within the existing USAID/Kenya AIDS, P...
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SASHA Brief 2015: The role of the new Food and Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory (FANEL) in developing shelf-storable orange-fleshed sweetpotato puréeExperience across many sub-Saharan countries shows that using orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) purée as a substitute for wheat flour is more cost-effective and readily acceptable to consumers than...
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Variation in micronutrient content of orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties grown in different environmentsField experiments were conducted at three locations in Zambia to characterize 15 sweetpotato varieties for tuber yield and micro-nutrient content. Location and variety had significant effect on tub...
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Procedures for sampling and sample preparation of sweetpotato roots and potato tubers for mineral analysisProcedures for sampling and sample preparation of sweetpotato roots and potato tubers for mineral analysis.
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Procedures for chemical analysis of potato and sweetpotato samples at CIP's Quality Nutrition LaboratoryIn “Procedures for chemical analysis of potato and sweetpotato samples at CIP's Quality Nutrition Laboratory” the procedures described are the analysis of carotenoids and vitamin C in fresh samples...
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Antioxidant Activities, Total Anthocyanins, Phenolics and Flavonoids Contents of Some Sweetpotato Genotypes under Stress of Different Concentrations of Sucrose and SorbitolAntioxidant activity, total anthocyanins, phenols and flavonoids Contents were monitored in a callus induced from stem segment culture of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Abees, the Egyptian orange...
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The Use of OFSP to Combat Vitamin A Deficiency in UgandaThe HarvestPlus Initiative undertook a number of studies to document the situation of sweetpotato in Uganda with a focus on OFSP. These studies examined producer and consumer preferences, extension...
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The potential contribution of bread buns fortified with β-carotene–rich sweet potato in Central MozambiqueBackground. Orange-fleshed sweet potato is an efficacious source of vitamin A. Substituting wheat flour with orange-fleshed sweet potato in processed products could reduce foreign exchange outlays,...
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CHALLENGE THEME PAPER 3: NUTRITIONAL IMPACT WITH ORANGE-FLESHED SWEETPOTATO (OFSP)In contrast to Asia, malnutrition among young children is on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa. A key millennium development goal (MDG) called for the reduction of underweight prevalence by 50% by the...
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Evaluation of Impact of Project Intervention INCOPA / ADERSE in HuanucoThis study is a joint initiative of INCOPA, PAPA ANDINA (another project of the International Potato Center associated with INCOPA) and ADERSE, and leaned on a consulting job for execution. Its kin...
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The Vitamin A for Africa Partnership: Paving the Way for Food-based Solutions to UndernutritionOn May 9, 2001, an international group of 70 agriculturists, health experts, and nutritionists launched what is believed to be the first food-based initiative to attack vitamin A deficiency in Sub-...
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Beta-carotene–rich orange-fleshed sweet potato improves the vitamin A status of primary school children assessed with the modified-relative-dose-response test1–3Background: -Carotene–rich orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is an excellent source of provitamin A. In many developing countries, sweet potato is a secondary staple food and may play a role in c...
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School-based nutrition education and promotion of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in urban and peri-urbanareas of Kampala: Impacts and lessons learntUnder the umbrella of the project “Promotion of Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato Varieties through Schools in Urban and Peri-urban Communities of Kampala” two separately funded and implemented components...
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Potential of Sweetpotato in Reducing Vitamin A Deficiency in AfricaOrange-fleshed roots contained higher total carotenoid and b-carotene content than white- and cream- fleshed lines, and all trans-b-carotene predominated for more than 80%. Carotenoids from orange-...
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Investigating carotenoid loss after drying and storage of orange-fleshed sweet potatoBiofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) is being promoted to tackle vitamin A deficiency, a serious public health problem affecting children and pregnant/lactating women in sub-Saharan Afric...
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