Biofortification: Better Beans and Sweet Potatoes to Combat Malnutrition in Uganda. Read more bit.ly/3jOnzvl

School meals incentivize food-insecure families to send their children to school, write Nane Annan of Kofi Annan, Arun Baral of HarvestPlus, and Ibrahim Mayaki of AUDA-NEPAD. devex.com/news/opinion-n…

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The #SOFI2022 report endorsed biofortification as abling to “supply essential micronutrients to large segments of the population without requiring radical changes in food consumption patterns nor individual decision for compliance.” Read more here: bit.ly/3bQpkqS

Sustainably scaling biofortified crops & foods means anchoring them in value chains. Visit the new @harvestplus website to see all the ways we & partners are doing so, from seed to plate: bit.ly/3CXni1E

Farmers talk of the benefits of growing and consuming orange sweet potatoes and iron beans.

🌽 This study shows that eating vitamin A biofortified maize increased levels of this important nutrient in the breast milk of mothers with poor nutritional status. Read more: on.cgiar.org/3tnh5Gf #OneCGIAR CGIAR CIMMYT IITA HarvestPlus

#DYK of this study in #Zambia showed women had increased vitamin A in their breast milk when eating vitamin A-biofortified maize. Learn more: bit.ly/3rEtqoU #NationalBreastfeedingMonth #breastfeeding

Substitution is the way to God

The demand for OSP-enriched bread is rising fast, all groceries and supermarkets selling it say it gets finished quickly!! Once you spot it make sure you don't loose the chance of getting it for your family.

Schools and traders purchasing vitamin A orange maize...its good for your health: Boosts body immunity

In honor of #WorldFoodDay, listen to BBC's #FollowtheFood feature, “How your diet can treat diseases,” where journalist Idil Karsit speaks with Howdy Bouis to talk about HarvestPlus purpose and progress. Learn more: harvestplus.org/bbc-food-as-me…

The UN-Nutrition strategy will be launched at the African Union on Monday 31 October 2022. You can join virtually by registering on the link below. SDG2AdvocacyHub @l_haddad Amos Laar African Nutrition Sc Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Ethiopia Nutrition Leaders Network - ENLN Leadership Devt for Nutrition in Nigeria (LEDA-NN) Food and Agriculture Organization zoom.us/meeting/regist…

HarvestPlus partners with SASAKAWA Africa to build the capacity of over 250 youths in Karamoja sub-region to make nutritious snacks from orange sweet potatoes for improved incomes and thus livelihoods.

To make nutritious snacks like bread, wheat is partially substituted with vitamin A orange sweet potato puree thereby greatly reducing on the costs of production.

To increase access to nutritious food at school in #Kenya, #Tanzania, and #Malawi, we have partnered with AGRA - Sustainably Growing Africa’s Food Systems. , with support from The Rockefeller Foundation on a project, “Advancing Availability of Biofortified Foods for Institutional Markets” Learn more: bit.ly/3Pn3Wt1

Skilling the youth in Karamoja, supporting them to make nutritious snacks and start income generating activities. The smiling faces are worth the effort!

HarvestPlus Uganda meets with government, NGO partners, academia and development partners to start the process of developing National Food Composition Tables and Food Based Dietary Guidelines for Uganda. Biofortified crops will also be included. The meeting was organised by MAAIF

HarvestPlus Uganda receives an award for "Outstanding Support to Biofortification 2022". The awards were organised by #NSU #NCA #NutritionSocietyUganda

A good harvest of vitamin A orange maize this season from farmers in Luwero and Kiryandongo. Processing to add value is the next step. This will boost both farmers' incomes and household nutrition.