The introduction of orange-fleshed sweet potato in Mozambican diets: A marginal change to make a major difference

Diversifying Food and Diets: Using Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Nutrition and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 283-290

  Low, Jan ^a   Arimond, Mary ^b   Labarta, Ricardo ^a   Andrade, Maria ^a   Namanda, Sam ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84920592251     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203127261     Document Type: Chapter

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