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While micronutrient malnutrition has become a major public health problem in developing countries, consumption of biofortified foods such as orange fleshed sweet potato has proved to be cost effective means of addressing vitamin A deficiency. This paper describes consumer preferences and willingn...


Bocher, T.Sindi, K.Muzhingi, T.Nshimiyimana, J.C.Nzamwita, M.Low, J.W.[Investigating consumer preferences and willingness to pay for Orange-fleshed Sweet potato (OFSP) juice in Rwanda.]Investigating consumer preferences and willingness to pay for Orange-fleshed Sweet potato (OFSP) juice in Rwanda.

The development and scaling of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) during the past 25 years is a case study of a disruptive innovation to address a pressing need – the high levels of vitamin A deficiency among children under five years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. When the innovation was introduce...


Low, J.W.Thiele, Graham[Understanding innovation: The development and scaling of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in major African food systems.]Understanding innovation: The development and scaling of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in major African food systems.
Andrade, M.I.Alvaro, A.Menomussanga, J.Makunde, G.S.Ricardo, J.Gruneberg, W.J.Eyzaguirre, R.Low, J.W.Ortiz, R.['Alisha', 'Anamaria', 'Bie', 'Bita', 'Caelan', 'Ivone', 'Lawrence', 'Margarete', and 'Victoria' sweetpotato.]'Alisha', 'Anamaria', 'Bie', 'Bita', 'Caelan', 'Ivone', 'Lawrence', 'Margarete', and 'Victoria' sweetpotato.

The introduction of orange sweet potato (OSP), rich in vitamin A, can have important and lasting impacts on reducing vitamin A deficiency among smallholder farmers in the developing world. In this paper, we describe the evolution of evidence about the effectiveness of disseminating OSP to smallho...


Brauw, A.Gilligan, D.O.Low, J.W.[Introducing orange sweet potato: Tracing the evolution of evidence on its effectiveness]Introducing orange sweet potato: Tracing the evolution of evidence on its effectiveness

This study examined the nutrition and food security impacts of a project that was designed to improve availability of disease-free planting materials of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) in rural Tanzania. Difference-in-difference and matching techniques were employed to estimate cau...


Mashisia, K.Okello, J.J.Wambugu, S.Sindi, K.Low, J.W.McEwan, M.[Nutrition and food security impacts of quality seeds of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tanzania]Nutrition and food security impacts of quality seeds of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tanzania

In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 40% of children under five years of age suffer from vitamin A deficiency. Among several interventions in place to address vitamin A deficiency is biofortification, breeding vitamin A into key staple crops. Staple crops biofortified with beta-carotene, the precurso...


Low, J.W.Ball, A.Magezi, S.Njoku, J.Tomlins, Keith I.Dove, R.Mourik, T. V.Andrade, M.I.Mwanga, R.O.M.[Sweet potato development and delivery in sub-saharan Africa]Sweet potato development and delivery in sub-saharan Africa

Mineral and vitamin deficiencies are a serious public health problem in Africa. The terrible consequences of these deficiencies are well known. Biofortification is the process of breeding nutrients into staple food crops. It is one cost-effective and sustainable agricultural investment that can h...


Bouis, H.Saltzman, A.Ball, A.Covic, N.Low, J.W.[An overview of the landscape and approach for biofortification in Africa]An overview of the landscape and approach for biofortification in Africa

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