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Sweet potato biofortification priority index – a strategic tool for scaling up of biofortified varieties


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1 Multi Technology Testing Centre and Vocational Training Centre, College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Lembucherra 799 210, India
2 ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram 695 017, India
3 ICAR Research Complex for NEHR, Umiam, Ri Bhoi 793 103, India
4 ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram 695 017, India
 

Scaling up of biofortified varieties is the key component of food-based approaches in addressing micronutrient deficiency. Orange-fleshed sweet potato varieties rich in b-carotene can address the vitamin A deficiency prevalent in rural and tribal areas. We developed a ‘sweet potato biofortification priority index’ (SPBPI), a strategic planning tool for identifying priority states for implementing biofortification field interventions. A scaling-up intervention ‘Rainbow Diet Campaign’ is being implemented in the ‘high-priority’ states, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh identified by SPBPI

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Biofortification priority index, micronutri¬ents, scaling-up intervention, sweet potato, vitamin A deficiency
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Mahesh Bhimashankar Tengli
Multi Technology Testing Centre and Vocational Training Centre, College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Lembucherra 799 210, India
P. Sethuraman Sivakumar
ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram 695 017, India
Pampi Paul
ICAR Research Complex for NEHR, Umiam, Ri Bhoi 793 103, India
H. Kesava Kumar
ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram 695 017, India

Abstract


Scaling up of biofortified varieties is the key component of food-based approaches in addressing micronutrient deficiency. Orange-fleshed sweet potato varieties rich in b-carotene can address the vitamin A deficiency prevalent in rural and tribal areas. We developed a ‘sweet potato biofortification priority index’ (SPBPI), a strategic planning tool for identifying priority states for implementing biofortification field interventions. A scaling-up intervention ‘Rainbow Diet Campaign’ is being implemented in the ‘high-priority’ states, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh identified by SPBPI

Keywords


Biofortification priority index, micronutri¬ents, scaling-up intervention, sweet potato, vitamin A deficiency

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv121%2Fi7%2F950-957