n ovel staple food-based strategies to improve micronutrient status for better health in africa
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N ovel staple food-based strategies to improve micronutrient status for better health in Africa. First results: Yellow cassava with sufficient levels of beta-carotene produced in Kenya Reduced iron absorption due to malaria infection blunts efficacy of fortification programs - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Novel staple food-based strategies to improve micronutrient status for better health in Africa
First results:• Yellow cassava with sufficient levels of beta-carotene
produced in Kenya• Reduced iron absorption due to malaria infection blunts
efficacy of fortification programs• Availability of booklet with traditional recipes of millet-,
sorghum- and maize dishes and related sauces in west-Africa (English and French)
• Ready to use course handbook for ‘Training in Solutions of Micronutrient Malnutrition’
Contact Dr. Inge Brouwer, Wageningen University, [email protected] or visit website www.instapa.org
The INSTAPA project receives funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (Fp7/2007-2013) under grant agreement 211484)