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Reducing Vitamin A deficiency through introduction of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes in Western Kenya

author(s) Hagenimana, V.. - Low, J.. - Kinyae, P.. - Gichuki, S.. - Kabira, J.. - Oyunga, M.. - Njoroge, S.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

Oyunga, M.; Low, J.; Hagenimana, V.; Njoroge, S.; Kinyae, P.; Gichuki, S.; Kabira, J. Reducing Vitamin A deficiency through introduction of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes in Western Kenya. (2000)

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Abstract

The main goal of this study was to determine whether beta-carotene rich sweetpotato cultivars can provide a year-round, sustainable source of vitamin A in the diets of communities in western Kenya where very low levels of vitamin A consumption among children under five years of age have been identified

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