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Tackling vitamin A deficiency with biofortified sweetpotato in sub-Saharan Africa.

Jan W. Low, +4 more
- 01 Sep 2017 - 
- Vol. 14, pp 23-30
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This review summarizes the effort to build the evidence base and breed 42 OFSP varieties to address widespread vitamin A deficiency in SSA using an integrated agriculture-nutrition approach and describes how the changing policy environment influenced the process.
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This article is published in Global Food Security.The article was published on 2017-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 171 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Food security.

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Improving nutrition through biofortification: A review of evidence from HarvestPlus, 2003 through 2016.

Howarth E. Bouis, +1 more
- 01 Mar 2017 - 
TL;DR: Given the strength of the evidence, attention should now shift to an action-oriented agenda for scaling biofortification to improve nutrition globally and to reach one billion people by 2030.
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Genome sequences of two diploid wild relatives of cultivated sweetpotato reveal targets for genetic improvement.

Shan Wu, +36 more
- 02 Nov 2018 - 
TL;DR: Using resequencing data from 16 genotypes widely used in African breeding programs, genes and alleles associated with carotenoid biosynthesis in storage roots are identified, which may enable efficient breeding of varieties with high provitamin A content.
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Conventional and Molecular Techniques from Simple Breeding to Speed Breeding in Crop Plants: Recent Advances and Future Outlook

Sunny Ahmar, +6 more
- 08 Apr 2020 - 
TL;DR: Recent findings on several aspects of crop breeding are summarized to describe the evolution of plant breeding practices, from traditional to modern speed breeding combined with genome editing tools, which aim to produce crop generations with desired traits annually.
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Towards food supply chain resilience to environmental shocks

Kyle Frankel Davis, +3 more
TL;DR: This paper performed a scoping review of the literature to examine entry points for environmental variability along the food supply chain, the evidence of propagation or attenuation of this variability, and the food items and types of shock that have been studied.
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Multiplying the efficiency and impact of biofortification through metabolic engineering

Dominique Van Der Straeten, +16 more
- 15 Oct 2020 - 
TL;DR: Staple crop biofortification through gene stacking, using a rational combination of conventional breeding and metabolic engineering strategies, should enable a leap forward within the coming decade.
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Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries

Robert E. Black, +11 more
- 03 Aug 2013 - 
TL;DR: It is estimated that undernutrition in the aggregate--including fetal growth restriction, stunting, wasting, and deficiencies of vitamin A and zinc along with suboptimum breastfeeding--is a cause of 3·1 million child deaths annually or 45% of all child deaths in 2011.
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Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition?

Marie T. Ruel, +1 more
- 10 Aug 2013 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed evidence of nutritional effects of programs in four sectors (agriculture, social safety nets, early child development, and schooling) and found that the nutritional effect of agricultural programs is inconclusive.

Maternal and Child Nutrition 3 Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition?

Marie T. Ruel, +1 more
TL;DR: Evidence of nutritional effects of programmes in four sectors--agriculture, social safety nets, early child development, and schooling, is reviewed, finding that nutrition-sensitive programmes can help scale up nutrition-specific interventions and create a stimulating environment in which young children can grow and develop to their full potential.
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Sweet Potato: An Untapped Food Resource

Jennifer A. Woolfe
TL;DR: The sweet potato - past and present, consumption and utilization patterns and trends, and a selection of sweet potato dishes from around the world Index.
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Vitamin A Deficiency: Health, Survival, and Vision

Alfred Sommer, +1 more
TL;DR: This book on vitamin A deficiency not only addresses ocular manifestations but also the broader context of child health and survival as well as mechanisms of vitamin A and the relationship of xerophthalmia to vitamin A status.
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Improving nutrition through biofortification: A review of evidence from HarvestPlus, 2003 through 2016.

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Genome sequences of two diploid wild relatives of cultivated sweetpotato reveal targets for genetic improvement.

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