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Orange-Flesh Sweet Potato - Promising Partnerships for Assuring the Integration of Nutritional Concerns into Agricultural Research and Extension

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  • Low, Jan W.
  • Uaiene, Rafael N.
  • Andrade, Maria Isabel
  • Howard, Julie A.

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This document summarizes the rationale for why orange flesh sweet potato is the ideal candidate for combating food insecurity and vitamin A deficiency in many areas of Mozambique, describing progress achieved to date in program implementation, and concluding with several recommendations to strengthen agricultural policies and existing inter-sectoral mechanisms for addressing malnutrition.

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  • Low, Jan W. & Uaiene, Rafael N. & Andrade, Maria Isabel & Howard, Julie A., 2000. "Orange-Flesh Sweet Potato - Promising Partnerships for Assuring the Integration of Nutritional Concerns into Agricultural Research and Extension," Food Security Collaborative Policy Briefs 55215, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:midcpb:55215
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.55215
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    1. Bias, Calisto & Donovan, Cynthia, 2003. "Gaps and Opportunities for Agricultural Sector Development in Mozambique," Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 56058, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    2. Mica Jenkins & Carmen Byker Shanks & Roland Brouwer & Bailey Houghtaling, 2018. "Factors affecting farmers’ willingness and ability to adopt and retain vitamin A-rich varieties of orange-fleshed sweet potato in Mozambique," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 10(6), pages 1501-1519, December.
    3. Rohrbach, David D. & Low, Jan W. & Pitoro, Raul & Cucu, Alfredo & Massingue, Jaquelino & Boughton, Duncan & Rafael, Guilhermina & Paulo, Antonio M. & Jocene, Domingos, 2001. "Investment Priorities for the Development of Mozambique's Seed System," Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 56047, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.

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