What with high beta carotene sweet potatoes on one side and maize on the other, there will soon be no excuse for anyone in Africa to have vitamin A deficiency. We’ve blogged about this before. Often. The question remains: is it better to push these orange varieties of the staples, or promote diverse diets? Or, indeed, do both.
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There is a special section in the current issue of Crop Science which reviews both sides of the coin. I believe all the articles are open access.
This is so true. The lack is so easyily prevented.