Orange-fleshed sweetpotato, food insecurity, nutrition knowledge, adoption, Tanzania

This paper interrogates some of the beliefs about production and consumption of sweetpotato in general, and orange fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) in particular, using both descriptive and exploratory factor analysis and data collected from farmers in Tanzania. It finds that contrary to beliefs,...

Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) varieties rich in beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A are one of the least expensive sources of dietary vitamin A in Sub-Saharan Africa, where most sweetpotato is consumed as boiled or steamed roots. One major question is how its use can be expanded among...

The problem of hidden hunger has emerged as one of the major development issues alongside food security. This problem highlights the likelihood of households having access to inadequate amount of key micronutrients in a diet despite having access to adequate quantities of food. , This paper uses...

This study applied logit and logit transformed regression to examine factors affecting theadoption of orange flesh sweet-potatoes (OFSP), and intensity of such adoption, by arepresentative sample of 340 farmers in the Busia and Rachuonyo districts of Kenya in 2009.The study also investigated...