Add to ORKGA Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and EconomicsVitamin A deficiency is a widespread public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper analyzes the impact of a food-based intervention to fight vitamin A deficiency using orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP). We conducted a randomized evaluation of OFSP-related training to female farmers in Mozambique, in which the treatment group was taught basic concepts of nutrition, and OFSP-planting and cooking skills. We found encouraging evidence of changes in behavior and attitudes towards OFSP consumption and planting, and considerable increases in nutritionrelated knowledge, as well as kno...
The Reaching End Users (REU) project introduced orange sweet potatoes (OSP) to farmers in northern M...
Vitamin A deficiency is widespread and has severe consequences for young children in the developing ...
Vitamin A deficiency is widespread and has severe consequences for young children in the developing ...
Vitamin A deficiency is a widespread public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper analyze...
The introduction of orange sweet potato (OSP), rich in vitamin A, can have important and lasting imp...
The introduction of orange sweet potato (OSP), rich in vitamin A, can have important and lasting imp...
Biofortification is a promising strategy to combat micronutrient malnutrition by promoting the adopt...
BACKGROUND: Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is a promising biofortified crop for sub-Saharan Afri...
Background: Chronic vitamin A deficiency affects both women and children in Mozambique and populatio...
Background. Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is a promising biofortified crop for sub-Saharan Afri...
Biofortification, breeding staple food crops to be dense sources of essential micronutrients, is fas...
In Mozambique, the majority of the population relies on subsistence agriculture. Thus, the low level...
Biofortification, breeding staple food crops to be dense sources of essential micronutrients, is fas...
In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 40% of children under five years of age suffer from vitamin A defic...
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a serious issue for 70 percent of Mozambique’s children aged between s...
The Reaching End Users (REU) project introduced orange sweet potatoes (OSP) to farmers in northern M...
Vitamin A deficiency is widespread and has severe consequences for young children in the developing ...
Vitamin A deficiency is widespread and has severe consequences for young children in the developing ...
Vitamin A deficiency is a widespread public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper analyze...
The introduction of orange sweet potato (OSP), rich in vitamin A, can have important and lasting imp...
The introduction of orange sweet potato (OSP), rich in vitamin A, can have important and lasting imp...
Biofortification is a promising strategy to combat micronutrient malnutrition by promoting the adopt...
BACKGROUND: Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is a promising biofortified crop for sub-Saharan Afri...
Background: Chronic vitamin A deficiency affects both women and children in Mozambique and populatio...
Background. Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is a promising biofortified crop for sub-Saharan Afri...
Biofortification, breeding staple food crops to be dense sources of essential micronutrients, is fas...
In Mozambique, the majority of the population relies on subsistence agriculture. Thus, the low level...
Biofortification, breeding staple food crops to be dense sources of essential micronutrients, is fas...
In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 40% of children under five years of age suffer from vitamin A defic...
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a serious issue for 70 percent of Mozambique’s children aged between s...
The Reaching End Users (REU) project introduced orange sweet potatoes (OSP) to farmers in northern M...
Vitamin A deficiency is widespread and has severe consequences for young children in the developing ...
Vitamin A deficiency is widespread and has severe consequences for young children in the developing ...