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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

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

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

Undernutrition in developing countries continues to affect 780 million people resulting in poor growth and development; increasing the burden of disease and imposing a number of costs on the affected countries. The aim of this study was to establish the dietary diversity and consumption patterns...


Nabuuma, D.Ekesa, B.Kennedy, G.[Dietary diversity among smallholder households in Bukoba district, Tanzania and Kiboga district, Uganda]Dietary diversity among smallholder households in Bukoba district, Tanzania and Kiboga district, Uganda
Ekesa, B.Nabuuma, D.Blomme, GuyBergh, I. van den[Provitamin A carotenoid content of unripe and ripe banana cultivars for potential adoption in eastern Africa]Provitamin A carotenoid content of unripe and ripe banana cultivars for potential adoption in eastern Africa

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