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Sweetpotato production in unimodal rainfall farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by inadequate quality planting material. Technologies for efficient production of sweetpotato planting material are imperative to improve this sub-sector. Consequently, two separate field experiments,...


Kakuhenzire, R.Mwenda, M.Grant, F.Kalaye, J.[Sweetpotato slip planting density and slip length optimization for mass production of quality planting material in smallholder farm settings.]Sweetpotato slip planting density and slip length optimization for mass production of quality planting material in smallholder farm settings.

Cole, D.C.Levin, C.Loechl, C.Thiele, GrahamGrant, F.Webb Girard, A.Sindi, K.Low, J.W.[Planning an integrated agriculture and health program and designing its evaluation: Experience from Western Kenya.]Planning an integrated agriculture and health program and designing its evaluation: Experience from Western Kenya.

The Regional Technical Committee meeting of SUSTAIN in Kigali, held in September 2018, was organized to disseminate the results from the analyses of data from surveys, monitoring, and focus group discussions on SUSTAIN and VISTA–Tanzania projects. These analyses were conducted to provide insight ...


Grant, F.Ackatia‐Armah, R.Kebaara, K.[Changing behavior through agriculture-nutrition integration: field experience and results. Regional Technical Committee meeting of the Scaling Up Sweetpotato Through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN) project, 11–12 September 2018, Kigali, Rwanda]Changing behavior through agriculture-nutrition integration: field experience and results. Regional Technical Committee meeting of the Scaling Up Sweetpotato Through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN) project, 11–12 September 2018, Kigali, Rwanda
Kram, N.Melgen, S.Kedera, E.Collison, D.K.Colton, J.Blount, W.Grant, F.Girard, Amy W.[The acceptability of dietary tools to improve maternal and child nutrition in Western Kenya]The acceptability of dietary tools to improve maternal and child nutrition in Western Kenya

Mothers’ vitamin A (VA) status during pregnancy and lactation determine infants’ VA levels. We estimated VA status during pregnancy and assessed its determinants using data on 505 pregnant women attending first antenatal care visit in Western Kenya. VA and iron status were assessed using plasma r...


Akelo, V.Grant, F.Okuku, H.S.Wanjala, R.Low, J.W.Cole, D.Levin, C.Girard, Amy W.[Determinants of vitamin A status among pregnant women participating in the Mama SASHA Cohort Study of Vitamin A in Western Kenya: preliminary findings.]Determinants of vitamin A status among pregnant women participating in the Mama SASHA Cohort Study of Vitamin A in Western Kenya: preliminary findings.

The 2013 Lancet Maternal and Child Nutrition series identified evaluations of nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions as a research priority. The Mama SASHA study in Western Kenya links delivery of vitamin A (VA) rich orange-flesh sweet potato (OFSP) to antenatal care to improve VA and nut...


Girard, Amy W.Grant, F.Okuku, H.S.Akelo, V.Wanjala, R.Levin, C.Cole, D.Low, J.W.[Evaluating the effectiveness of a nutrition-sensitive agriculture intervention in Western Kenya: design of the Mama SASHA cohort study of vitamin A.]Evaluating the effectiveness of a nutrition-sensitive agriculture intervention in Western Kenya: design of the Mama SASHA cohort study of vitamin A.

Maternal anemia is associated with poor birth outcomes. We estimated anemia and iron status and assessed its determinants using data from 505 pregnant women attending their first antenatal care visit in Western Kenya. Iron status was assessed using ferritin and transferrin receptor and corrected ...


Kowalski, A.Grant, F.Okuku, H.Wanjala, R.Low, J.W.Cole, D.Levin, C.Girard, Amy W.[Determinants of anemia and iron status among pregnant women participating in the Mama SASHA Cohort Study of Vitamin A in Western Kenya: preliminary findings.]Determinants of anemia and iron status among pregnant women participating in the Mama SASHA Cohort Study of Vitamin A in Western Kenya: preliminary findings.
Girard, Amy W.Deneen, M.Lubowa, A.Okuku, H.Low, J.W.Grant, F.[An integrated agriculture, health and nutrition program increased vitamin A intakes among mothers and their infants in Western Kenya]An integrated agriculture, health and nutrition program increased vitamin A intakes among mothers and their infants in Western Kenya
Self, J.Girard, Amy W.McFarland, D.Grant, F.Low, J.W.Cole, D.Levin, C.[Cost-effectiveness of Mama-SASHA: A project to improve health and nutrition through an integrated orange-fleshed sweetpotato production and health service delivery model]Cost-effectiveness of Mama-SASHA: A project to improve health and nutrition through an integrated orange-fleshed sweetpotato production and health service delivery model

Stathers, T.Ackatia‐Armah, R.Grant, F.Benjamin, M.Katcher, H.Blakenship, J.Low, J.W.Mudege, Netsayi N.Maru, JoyceMunyua, Hilda M.Muzhingi, T.[Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato, Topic 4: Nutrition and orange-fleshed sweetpotato]Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato, Topic 4: Nutrition and orange-fleshed sweetpotato

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