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Title	A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in Mozambique
Author	Low, Jan Wayland Arimond, Mary Osman, Nadia Cunguara, Benedito Zano, Filipe Tschirley, David
Year	2007
Abstract	Vitamin A deficiency is widespread and has severe consequences for young children in the developing world. Food-based approaches may be an appropriate and sustainable complement to supplementation programs. Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is rich in ß-carotene and is well accepted by young children. In an extremely resource poor area in Mozambique, the effectiveness of introduction of OFSP was assessed in an integrated agriculture and nutrition intervention, which aimed to increase vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children... The study showed that integrated promotion of OFSP can complement other approaches and contribute to increases in vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in rural Mozambique and similar areas in Sub-Saharan Africa." -- from Authors' Abstract"
Series Name	HarvestPlus Abstract
Series Number	3
Publisher	International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Place of publication	Washington, D.C.
Full citation	Low, Jan Wayland; Arimond, Mary; Osman, Nadia; Cunguara, Benedito; Zano, Filipe and Tschirley, David. 2007. A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in Mozambique. HarvestPlus Abstract 3. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/
Language	English
Record Type	Abstract
Peer Reviewed - PR or Non-PR	Non-PR
Subject - country location	MOZAMBIQUE SOUTHERN AFRICA AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA AFRICA
Subject - keywords	nutrition children retinol carotenoids vitamin a sweet potatoes plant breeding
Subject - author supplied keywords	Biofortification
IFPRI Descriptors	IFPRI1 DCA HarvestPlus
IFPRI Division	HarvestPlus
Related Documents	Journal article http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll5/id/1118 http://jn.nutrition.org/content/137/5/1320.short
Physical description	2 pages
Requests	mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org
CONTENTdm file name	129447.pdf
Date cataloged	2015-06-10
Date modified	2015-06-13
OCLC number	911990747
CONTENTdm number	129236

A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in Mozambique

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