The research and implementation continuum of biofortified sweet potato and maize in Africa

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1390, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 88-103

  Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^a   Ball, Anna Marie ^b   Kaliwile, Chisela ^c   Pixley, Kevin V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CIAT Uganda   (Uganda)

^c National Food and Nutrition Commission   (Zambia)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

provitamin A carotenoids; Uganda; vitamin A; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; RETINOL;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOFORTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; GERMPLASM; HUMAN; MAIZE; MOZAMBIQUE; PLANT BREEDING; SOUTH AFRICA; SWEET POTATO; UGANDAN; ZAMBIA; AFRICA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FORTIFIED FOOD; TRENDS; UGANDA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; BIOFORTIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA; VITAMIN A; ZAMBIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85013157789     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13315     Document Type: Article

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