The potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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dc.creatorLow, Jan W.
dc.creatorWalker, T.
dc.creatorHijmans R.J.
dc.date2001
dc.date2019-04-04T18:21:30Z
dc.date2019-04-04T18:21:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T17:57:38Z
dc.descriptionA recent ex ante impact assessment indicates that orangefleshed sweetpotatoes can make a major contribution to alleviating vitamin A malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Replacing the white-fleshed varieties now grown by farmers with new high ß-carotene cultivars that meet local preferences would benefit an estimated 50 million children under age 6 who are currently at risk. The majority of children in Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda would benefit, as would about half of the children in Tanzania. Children in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa would also be affected, though to a lesser degree. The study did not take into account the benefits of the new cultivars to pregnant and lactating women, a population whose health is also likely to improve from the availability of the new plant types. Vitamin A deficiency is a major public health problem throughout the region and is responsible for tens of thousands of deaths annually among young children.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/100688
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/150689
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Potato Center
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceLow, J.W.; Walker, T.; Hijmans, R.J. 2001. The potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan Africa. Regional workshop on food-based approaches to human nutritional deficiencies. Nairobi (Kenya). May 2-9 2001. 16p.
dc.subjectsweet potatoes
dc.subjectretinol
dc.subjectvitamin a deficiency
dc.titleThe potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan Africa.
dc.typeConference Paper

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