Publications

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Five Years of VITAA (Vitamin A for Africa) 2001-2006
 
Tropical Root and Tuber Crops:
Opportunities for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Livelihoods in Developing Countries
 

Handbook of Sweetpotato Integrated Crop Management
Research Outputs and Programs for East Africa
(1995-2006)

 

Vitamin-A Partnership for Africa: A Food Based Approach to Combat Vitamin A Deficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa through Increased Utilization of Orangefleshed Sweetpotato

Regina Kapinga, Pamela Anderson, Charles Crissman, Dapeng Zhang, Berga Lemaga and Fina Opio

 

The Efficacy of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato to Improve Vitamin A Status of Children 5-10 Years of Age

PJ van Jaarsveld, WM Faber, SA Tanumihardjo, CJ Lombard, AJ Spinnler Benadé

 

Release of Two Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Cultivars, ‘SPK004’
(‘Kakamega’) and ‘Ejumula’, in Uganda

Robert O.M. Mwanga, Benson Odongo, Charles Niringiye and Agnes Alajo
Putri E. Abidin
Regina Kapinga and Silver Tumwegamire
Berga Lemaga and James Nsumba

 

β-Carotene–rich orange-fleshed sweet potato improves the vitamin
A status of primary school children assessed with the modified-relative-dose-response test

Paul J van Jaarsveld, Mieke Faber, Sherry A Tanumihardjo, Penelope Nestel, Carl J Lombard and Ambrose J Spinnler Benadé

 

VITAA
The vitamin A for Africa partnership
Paving the way for food-based solutions to undernutrition
Winner of the 2003 CGIAR science award for outstanding partnership

 

Evaluation of the retention of ß-carotene in boiled, mashed orange-fleshed sweetpotato
Paul van Jaarsveld, De Wet Marais, Eldrich Harmse, and *Delia Rodriguez-Amaya

March 2001 

 

The Potential Impact of Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotatoes on Vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan Africa
Jan Lowe, Thomas Walker and Robert Hijmans  

May 2001 

 

VITAA Meeting Proceedings

May 2001

 

VITAA Newsletter

November 2001 

The Effects of Women Farmers' Adoption of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes: 

Raising Vitamin A Intake in Kenya

Research Report Series (ICRW) 

June 1999

 

 

 

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