Orange maize in Zambia: Crop development and delivery experience

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dc.creatorSimpungwe, Eliab
dc.creatorDhliwayo, T.
dc.creatorPalenberg, M.
dc.creatorTaleon, Victor
dc.creatorBirol, Ekin
dc.creatorOparinde, Adewale
dc.creatorSaltzman, Amy
dc.creatorDiressie, Michael T.
dc.date2017
dc.date2024-06-21T09:23:49Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:23:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:22:19Z
dc.descriptionBiofortified vitamin A “orange” maize can help address the adverse health effects of vitamin A deficiency. By 2016, HarvestPlus and its partners had developed six orange maize varieties and delivery efforts have reached more than 100,000 farming households in Zambia. HarvestPlus has established the proof of concept, that vitamin A maize varieties can be developed without compromising yield levels and that these varieties can deliver sufficient quantities of vitamin A to improve nutrition. The delivery program has also shown that farmers are willing to grow orange maize varieties and consumers are willing to buy and eat orange maize products. This paper summarizes the country’s nutritional and consumer backgrounds, the crop development and release of orange maize varieties, the delivery efforts in Zambia and impact measurement. It also synthesizes lessons learned and future challenges.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148087
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/102406
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAfrican Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceSimpungwe, Eliab; Dhliwayo, T.; Palenberg, M.; Taleon, V.; Birol, Ekin; Oparinde, Adewale; Saltzman, Amy; Diressie, Michael T. 2017. Orange maize in Zambia: Crop development and delivery experience. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development. 17(2): 11973-11999. https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.78.HarvestPlus08
dc.subjectbiofortification
dc.subjectvitamin a deficiency
dc.subjectmaize
dc.titleOrange maize in Zambia: Crop development and delivery experience
dc.typeJournal Article

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