Maize flour fortification in Africa: Markets, feasibility, coverage, and costs

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dc.creatorFiedler, John L.
dc.creatorAfidra, Ronald
dc.creatorMugambi, Gladys
dc.creatorTehinse, John
dc.creatorKabaghe, Gladys
dc.creatorZulu, Rodah
dc.creatorLividini, Keith
dc.creatorSmitz, Marc-Francois
dc.creatorJallier, Vincent
dc.creatorGuyondet, Christophe
dc.creatorBermudez, Odilia
dc.date2014
dc.date2024-08-01T02:49:56Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:49:56Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:13:03Z
dc.descriptionThe economic feasibility of maize flour and maize meal fortification in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia is assessed using information about the maize milling industry, households’ purchases and consumption levels of maize flour, and the incremental cost and estimated price impacts of fortification. Premix costs comprise the overwhelming share of incremental fortification costs and vary by 50% in Kenya and by more than 100% across the three countries. The estimated incremental cost of maize flour fortification per metric ton varies from $3.19 in Zambia to $4.41 in Uganda. Assuming all incremental costs are passed onto the consumer, fortification in Zambia would result in at most a 0.9% increase in the price of maize flour, and would increase annual outlays of the average maize flour–consuming household by 0.2%. The increases for Kenyans and Ugandans would be even less. Although the coverage of maize flour fortification is not likely to be as high as some advocates have predicted, fortification is economically feasible, and would reduce deficiencies of multiple micronutrients, which are significant public health problems in each of these countries.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149785
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/97973
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceFiedler, John L.; Afidra, Ronald; Mugambi, Gladys; Tehinse, John; Kabaghe, Gladys; Zulu, Rodah; Lividini, Keith; Smitz, Marc-Francois; Jallier, Vincent; Guyondet, Christophe; and Bermudez, Odilia. 2014. Maize flour fortification in Africa: Markets, feasibility, coverage, and costs. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1312(April 2014): 26-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.12266
dc.subjectcosts
dc.subjectbiofortification
dc.subjectmaize flour
dc.subjectmaize meal
dc.titleMaize flour fortification in Africa: Markets, feasibility, coverage, and costs
dc.typeJournal Article

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