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Guei, AMOkoth, Peter F.Tondoh, Jérôme E.[Maize growth and production as influenced by earthwormbased integrated soil fertility management in tropical agroecosystems]Maize growth and production as influenced by earthwormbased integrated soil fertility management in tropical agroecosystems

Micronutrient malnutrition affects more than half of the world population, particularly in developing countries. Concerted international and national fortification and supplementation efforts to curb the scourge of micronutrient malnutrition are showing a positive impact, alas without reaching th...


Mayer, Jorge EdgardPfeiffer, Wolfgang H.Beyer, Peter[Biofortified crops to alleviate micronutrient malnutrition]Biofortified crops to alleviate micronutrient malnutrition

Background Agricultural science can address a population's vitamin, amino acid and mineral malnutrition through biofortification - agronomy, plant breeding and biotechnology to develop crops with high nutrient contents. Biofortified crop varieties should be grown in areas with populations at ris...


Zapata Caldas, EHyman, GlennPachón, HelenaMonserrate Rojas, FAVesga Varela, AL[Identifying candidate sites for crop biofortification in Latin America : Case studies in Colombia, Nicaragua and Bolivia]Identifying candidate sites for crop biofortification in Latin America : Case studies in Colombia, Nicaragua and Bolivia

This review presents an overview of the importance, constraints, and prospects on different aspects of cassava (Manihot esculenta crantz) breeding for enhanced micronutrient level, including carotenoids (precursors for provitamin-A) and especially beta-carotene. Early cassava-breeding efforts con...


Njoku, DNVernon, GEgesi, Chiedozie N.Asante, I.K.Offei, SKOkogbenin, EmmanuelKulakow, P.A.Eke-Okoro, O.N.Ceballos, H.[Breeding for enhanced ß-Carotene content in cassava: constraints and accomplishments]Breeding for enhanced ß-Carotene content in cassava: constraints and accomplishments

Parkes, E.Y.Kanju, E.Ntawuruhunga, PheneasMahungu, N.M.Aina, O.O.Moshood, B.Agbona, A.Akuwa, K.C.Bello, A.A.Olaosebikan, O.Ilona, P.Dixon, Alfred G.O.Kulakow, P.A.[Mainstreaming cassava biofortification in Africa: a contribution towards reducing malnutrition and hunger]Mainstreaming cassava biofortification in Africa: a contribution towards reducing malnutrition and hunger

Several environmental changes have occurred in the Sudan in the past; several are ongoing; and others are projected to happen in the future. The Sudan has witnessed increases in temperature, floods, rainfall variability, and concurrent droughts. In a country where agriculture, which is mainly rai...


Siddig, KhalidStepanyan, DavitWiebelt, ManfredZhu, TingjuGrethe, Harald[Climate change and agriculture in the Sudan: Impact pathways beyond changes in mean rainfall and temperature]Climate change and agriculture in the Sudan: Impact pathways beyond changes in mean rainfall and temperature
Fernando, SudarshanaSemasinghe, ChristinaJayathilake, NilanthiWijayamunie, R.Wickramasinghe, N.Dissanayake, S.[City region food system situational analysis, Colombo, Sri Lanka]City region food system situational analysis, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Potatoes and sweetpotatoes are valuable cash crops, able to grow in an array of environments and resilient under the effects of climate change, which makes them vital for reliable incomes, especially when other crops fail.


International Potato Center[Case for investment: Inclusive growth.]Case for investment: Inclusive growth.

Poverty and malnutrition are persistent problems in Africa. Alleviation of these closely-related socioeconomic problems must be guided by knowledge of their spatial distribution and relationships to biophysical and development factors. Two country-wide surveys, one on rural livelihoods, poverty a...


Maziya-Dixon, B.B.Okechukwu, R.Kormawa, P.M.Legg, C.Ofodile, S.Alabi, T.[Report on mapping livelihood and nutrition in Nigeria using data from the national rural livelihoods survey and the national food consumption and nutrition survey]Report on mapping livelihood and nutrition in Nigeria using data from the national rural livelihoods survey and the national food consumption and nutrition survey

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