Orange-flesh sweet potato the solution to Vitamin A deficiency
Orange-flesh sweet potato is a conventionally bred bio-fortified variety aimed at reducing micronutrient deficiency and is as sweet as the indigenous white-flesh sweet potato. PHOTO | FILE
A number of African countries have launched campaigns to increase consumption of orange-flesh sweet potatoes in order to combat malnutrition.
It is estimated that about one in nine people in the world do not have enough food, most of them from developing countries. One in every four people in sub-Saharan Africa is malnourished, according to data from the World Food Organisation.
