Vitamin A cassava in Nigeria: Crop development and delivery

African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 12000-12025

  Ilona, P ^a   Bouis, H E ^b   Palenberg, M ^c   Moursi, M ^b   Oparinde, A ^b  

^a International Center for Tropical Agriculture   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Institute for Product Development   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofortification; Cassava; Vitamin A cassava; Vitamin A deficiency; Yellow cassava

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019898725     PISSN: 16845358     EISSN: 16845374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.HarvestPlus09     Document Type: Article

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