Vitamin A cassava in Nigeria: Crop development and delivery

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierHowarth Bouis: 0000-0001-5432-9192
cg.creator.identifierMoursi MM: 0000-0002-5071-8534
cg.creator.identifierAdewale Oparinde: 0000-0002-4518-9404
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.78.harvestplus09en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - HarvestPlus
cg.identifier.publicationRankC
cg.issn1684-5358en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalAfrican Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Developmenten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume17en
dc.contributor.authorIlona, Paulen
dc.contributor.authorBouis, Howarth E.en
dc.contributor.authorPalenberg, M.en
dc.contributor.authorMoursi, Mouraden
dc.contributor.authorOparinde, Adewaleen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:25:10Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:25:10Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148598
dc.titleVitamin A cassava in Nigeria: Crop development and deliveryen
dcterms.abstractBiofortified vitamin A “yellow” cassava can help address the adverse health effects of vitamin A deficiency. By 2016, HarvestPlus and its partners had successfully developed and delivered vitamin A cassava varieties to more than one million farming households in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). HarvestPlus has established the proof of concept that vitamin A cassava varieties can be developed without compromising yield levels and that these varieties are widely accepted. The delivery program has shown that farmers are willing to grow vitamin A cassava varieties and consumers are willing to buy and eat vitamin A cassava products. This paper summarizes the country, nutritional and consumer background, the crop development and release of biofortified vitamin A cassava varieties in Nigeria, progress in monitoring and evaluation of results, and synthesizes lessons learned and future challenges.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationIlona, Paul; Bouis, Howarth E.; Palenberg, M.; Moursi, Mourad; Oparinde, Adewale. 2017. Vitamin A cassava in Nigeria: Crop development and delivery. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development 17(2): 12000-12025. https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.78.HarvestPlus09en
dcterms.extentpp. 12000-12025en
dcterms.issued2017
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherAfrican Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Developmenten
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/5806en
dcterms.subjectbiofortificationen
dcterms.subjectvitamin a deficiencyen
dcterms.subjectcassavaen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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