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Njukwe, E.Ekesa, B.Ocimati, W.Blomme, GuyKamira, M.Amah, D.Swennen, R.L.Okafor, C.Ndayisaba, P.C.[Intensification and diversification of banana production systems: key drivers for increased income and food and nutritional security in the Great Lakes region]Intensification and diversification of banana production systems: key drivers for increased income and food and nutritional security in the Great Lakes region

Ekesa, B.Nabuuma, D.[Addressing Vitamin A deficiency through incorporation of Vitamin A rich banana varieties in Ugandan farming and food systems]Addressing Vitamin A deficiency through incorporation of Vitamin A rich banana varieties in Ugandan farming and food systems

With funding from the Harvestplus Challenge program, Bioversity International carried out germplasm screening for over 400 accessions from different regions. The objective was to identify proteins and enzymes responsible for the accumulation of pVACs in the fruit and establish the vitamin A level...


Ekesa, B.Nabuuma, D.[Vitamin A rich bananas]Vitamin A rich bananas

A cross-sectional survey was carried out in Gitega health zone (Burundi) and Butembo health zone (Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC) with the objective of establishing dietary diversity and nutritional status of pre-school children from rural-banana dependent households. The two health zones were...


Ekesa, B.Garming, H.Blomme, Guy[Dietary diversity and nutrition status of preschool children from banana dependent households in Gitega (Burundi) and Butembo (Democratic Republic of Congo)]Dietary diversity and nutrition status of preschool children from banana dependent households in Gitega (Burundi) and Butembo (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Although the share of global population affected by hunger significantly reduced from 60% to 15% during the past five decades, about 795 million people are still chronically undernourished. The majority of those affected are mostly from developing countries – notably in sub-Saharan Africa. This c...


Ekesa, B.Nabuuma, D.Mpiira, S.Johnson, V.Nkuba, D.Kennedy, G.Staver, C.[In: Kalipeni, E. (Ed.), Iwelunmor, J. (Ed.), Grigsby-Toussaint, D. (Ed.), Moise, I. (Ed.). (2019). Public Health, Disease and Development in Africa. London: Routledge][Multi-level participatory approaches to mobilize dietary diversity for improved infant and young child feeding in banana-based agri-food systems of rural East Africa]Multi-level participatory approaches to mobilize dietary diversity for improved infant and young child feeding in banana-based agri-food systems of rural East Africa

The banana-based farming system of Kagera region of Tanzania has good edible food diversity. However, households still consume monotonous diets, which are mainly energy dense and have inadequate content of micronutrients. To enrich the preferred energy-rich diets, this study formulated dishes wit...


Mbela, D.E.N.Kinabo, J.Mwanri, A.W.Ekesa, B.[Modification of local diets to improve vitamin A, iron and protein contents for children aged 6 to 23 months in Kagera,Tanzania]Modification of local diets to improve vitamin A, iron and protein contents for children aged 6 to 23 months in Kagera,Tanzania

Improving infant and young child feeding is an effective intervention to improve child growth. A cross-sectional study followed by observation of selected households was used to establish the most popular foods given to children 12–59 months old in Bukoba and Kiboga districts of Tanzania and Ugan...


Ekesa, B.Nabuuma, D.Kennedy, G.[Content of iron and vitamin A in common foods given to children 12–59 months old from North Western Tanzania and Central Uganda]Content of iron and vitamin A in common foods given to children 12–59 months old from North Western Tanzania and Central Uganda

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is widespread in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Unlike in developed countries, where the main source of vitamin A comes from meat, the diet of poor populations in SSA is largely plant based. It is thus important to identify local / popular plants with higher vitamin A conten...


Blomme, GuyOcimati, W.Nabuuma, D.Sivirihauma, C.Davey, M.Buah, S.Bergh, I. van denVutseme, L.Bahati, L.Ekesa, B.[Pro-vitamin A carotenoid content of 48 plantain (Musa AAB genome) cultivars sourced from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo]Pro-vitamin A carotenoid content of 48 plantain (Musa AAB genome) cultivars sourced from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Impact of adopting products promoted by the Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA) on food and nutrition security was tested. Multistage sampling was used to select 7 project mandate areas, 5 villages/mandate area (stratified into action, satellite and c...


Ekesa, B.Lange, M. deMacharia, I.Garming, H.Ouma, Emily A.Birachi, Eliud AbucheliAsten, Piet J.A. vanVanlauwe, BernardBlomme, Guy[Impact of interventions by consortium for improving agriculturebased livelihoohds in Central Africa (CIALCA) on food and nutrition security of farmer households]Impact of interventions by consortium for improving agriculturebased livelihoohds in Central Africa (CIALCA) on food and nutrition security of farmer households

Lusembo, P.Nakyagaba, W.Mukulu, F.Babirye, G.Muchunguzi, P.Sole, A.Asten, Piet J.A. vanTeywa, M.Ekesa, B.Ssebaganzi, R.Allen, M.[Mukono/Wakiso R4D platform in the Lake Victoria basin of Uganda]Mukono/Wakiso R4D platform in the Lake Victoria basin of Uganda

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