Biofortification of staple crops to combat micronutrient deficiencies is gaining global recognition. Projects promoting biofortified food crops use intensive agriculture-nutrition education and extension activities to increase adoption of such crops. This study examines the effect of such program...
Okello, J.J.
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Kwikiriza, N.
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Muoki, P.
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Wambaya, J.
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Heck, S.
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[Effect of intensive agriculture-nutrition education and extension program adoption and diffusion of biofortified crops.]
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Effect of intensive agriculture-nutrition education and extension program adoption and diffusion of biofortified crops.
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.
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Okello, J.J.
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Wambugu, S.
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Sindi, K.
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Low, J.W.
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McEwan, M.
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[Nutrition and food security impacts of quality seeds of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tanzania]
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Nutrition and food security impacts of quality seeds of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tanzania
This study used a field experiment and means-end chain analysis to examine the effects of positive and perceived negative nutrition information on the households’ motivations to consume insect-based foods. It used a random sample of households drawn from rural communities in Kenya. The study foun...
Pambo, K.O.
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Okello, J.J.
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Mbeche, R.M.
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Kinyuru, J.N.
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[Exploring the influence of differentiated nutrition information on consumers’ mental models regarding foods from edible insects: A means-end chain analysis]
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Exploring the influence of differentiated nutrition information on consumers’ mental models regarding foods from edible insects: A means-end chain analysis