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024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.78.HarvestPlus08
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041			_aeng
100	1		_96456 _aSimpungwe, E.
245	1	0	_aOrange maize in Zambia : _bcrop development and delivery experience
260			_aNairobi, Kenya : _bASSCAT, _c2017.
500			_aPeer review
500			_a Open Access
520			_aBiofortified vitamin A “orange” maize can help address the adverse health effects of vitamin A deficiency. By 2016, HarvestPlus and its partners had developed six orange maize varieties and delivery efforts have reached more than 100,000 farming households in Zambia. HarvestPlus has established the proof of concept, that vitamin A maize varieties can be developed without compromising yield levels and that these varieties can deliver sufficient quantities of vitamin A to improve nutrition. The delivery program has also shown that farmers are willing to grow orange maize varieties and consumers are willing to buy and eat orange maize products. This paper summarizes the country’s nutritional and consumer backgrounds, the crop development and release of orange maize varieties, the delivery efforts in Zambia and impact measurement. It also synthesizes lessons learned and future challenges.
526			_aMCRP _bFP3 _bFP5
526			_aCCAFS
526			_aA4N8H
546			_aText in English
650		7	_aMaize _gAGROVOC _2 _91173
650		7	_95425 _aReports _2AGROVOC
650		7	_91241 _aRetinol _2AGROVOC
650		7	_91994 _aFood crops _2AGROVOC
651		7	_94309 _aZambia _2AGROVOC
700	1		_8INT3355 _9935 _aDhliwayo, T. _gGlobal Maize Program
700	1		_96457 _aPalenberg, M.
700	1		_94637 _aTaleon, V.
700	1		_927 _aBirol, E.
700	1		_96458 _aOparinde, A.
700	1		_96459 _aSaltzman, A.
700	1		_96460 _aDiressie, M.T.
773	0		_gv. 17, no. 2, p. 11973-11999 _tJournal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development _wu448134 _x1684 5374
856	4		_yOpen Access through DSpace _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/19295
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