Meals for Nutrition in Uganda - Biofortified Solutions
The project promotes production, consumption, and utilisation of biofortified foods while strengthening partnerships that mainstream biofortification.
To reduce micronutrient malnutrition and improve dietary intakes of vitamin A and iron among beneficiary households through enhanced production of vitamin A-rich sweet potato and iron-rich beans, increased consumption and utilisation of biofortified foods, and strengthened partnerships for mainstreaming biofortification.
Reducing micronutrient malnutrition through vitamin A-rich sweet potato, iron-rich beans, and stronger biofortification partnerships.
Meals for Nutrition in Uganda supported beneficiary households to produce and consume vitamin A-rich sweet potato and iron-rich beans as practical food-based solutions to micronutrient malnutrition.
- Create public awareness about orange-fleshed sweet potato and its importance.
- Enhance farmers' knowledge on production of biofortified crops.
- Mitigate incidences of iron and vitamin A deficiencies among beneficiary households.
420,000 households across 25 districts
Kamuli, Kayunga, Iganga and Luuka
Promoting vitamin A-rich sweet potato, iron-rich beans, nutrition awareness, farmer training, and biofortification partnerships.
HarvestPlus, VEDCO
- Public awareness on orange-fleshed sweet potato increased
- Farmer knowledge on biofortified crop production strengthened
- Household access to vitamin A and iron-rich foods improved