Vitamin A Deficiency and Training to Farmers: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mozambique

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Autor(a) principal: Caeiro, Rute
Data de Publicação: 2013
Outros Autores: Vicente, Pedro C.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/11060
Resumo: Vitamin A deficiency is a widespread public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper analyzes the impact of a food-based intervention to fight vitamin A deficiency using orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP). We conducted a randomized evaluation of OFSP-related training to female farmers in Mozambique, in which the treatment group was taught basic concepts of nutrition, and OFSP-planting and cooking skills. We found encouraging evidence of changes in behavior and attitudes towards OFSP consumption and planting, and considerable increases in nutrition-related knowledge, as well as knowledge on cooking and planting OFSP.
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title Vitamin A Deficiency and Training to Farmers: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mozambique
spellingShingle Vitamin A Deficiency and Training to Farmers: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mozambique
Caeiro, Rute
vitamin A
orange-fleshed sweet potato
Mozambique
randomized evaluation
title_short Vitamin A Deficiency and Training to Farmers: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mozambique
title_full Vitamin A Deficiency and Training to Farmers: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mozambique
title_fullStr Vitamin A Deficiency and Training to Farmers: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mozambique
title_full_unstemmed Vitamin A Deficiency and Training to Farmers: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mozambique
title_sort Vitamin A Deficiency and Training to Farmers: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mozambique
author Caeiro, Rute
author_facet Caeiro, Rute
Vicente, Pedro C.
author_role author
author2 Vicente, Pedro C.
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Vicente, Pedro
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Caeiro, Rute
Vicente, Pedro C.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv vitamin A
orange-fleshed sweet potato
Mozambique
randomized evaluation
topic vitamin A
orange-fleshed sweet potato
Mozambique
randomized evaluation
description Vitamin A deficiency is a widespread public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper analyzes the impact of a food-based intervention to fight vitamin A deficiency using orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP). We conducted a randomized evaluation of OFSP-related training to female farmers in Mozambique, in which the treatment group was taught basic concepts of nutrition, and OFSP-planting and cooking skills. We found encouraging evidence of changes in behavior and attitudes towards OFSP consumption and planting, and considerable increases in nutrition-related knowledge, as well as knowledge on cooking and planting OFSP.
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