Orange-fleshed sweet potato: Successes and remaining challenges of the introduction of a nutritionally superior staple crop in Mozambique

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 327-353

  Jenkins, Mica ^a   Shanks, Carmen Byker ^a   Houghtaling, Bailey ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food based approach; Mozambique; Orange fleshed sweet potato; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; FOOD MARKET; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD STORAGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POTATO; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

MOZAMBIQUE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

IPOMOEA BATATAS;

RETINOL;

HUMAN; MOZAMBIQUE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SWEET POTATO; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

HUMANS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MOZAMBIQUE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84945330762     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572115597397     Document Type: Article

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