Retention of pro-vitamin A content in products from new biofortified cassava varieties

TE Eyinla, B Maziya-Dixon, OE Alamu, RA Sanusi - Foods, 2019 - mdpi.com
Plant breeding efforts in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have produced biofortified cassava with
high carotenoid content to address vitamin A deficiencies (VAD). Since carotenoids in foods …

Biofortification of cassava: recent progress and challenges facing the future

RT Sayre - Biofortification of Staple Crops, 2022 - Springer
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) ranks as the fifth most important crop in the world that is
consumed directly by humans. Cassava is a tropical crop of South American origins but is …

Beta‐Carotene Retention and Consumer Acceptability of Selected Products Made from Two Provitamin‐A Maize Varieties

V Munkhuwa, K Masamba… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A study was carried out to determine beta‐carotene retention and acceptability of selected
products made from two provitamin‐A maize varieties grown in Malawi, namely, MH43A and …

[PDF][PDF] Cluster annual report-2018 CA4. 3–Cluster title

E Parkes, O Aina, E Alamu, F Apollin, P Kulakow… - mel.cgiar.org
Cluster 4.3 aimed to improve nutrition and diets of at least 10 million households and
provide income opportunities for 3 million households in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean …

Evaluation of yellow flesh cassava (manihot esculenta crantz) genotypes for yield, dry matter content, cyanogenic potential total carotenoid content and stability

EO Adu - 2020 - ir.ucc.edu.gh
Vitamin A deficiency related diseases are major problem in Sub-Sahara Africa. Yellow flesh
cassava (YFC) mutants were developed to combat these challenges but there is a need to …