Nutrition: GAIN, HarvestPlus Target 34m Nigerians With Vitamin A Crops

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Nutrition: GAIN, HarvestPlus Target 34m Nigerians With Vitamin A Crops
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The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), and HarvestPlus, have commercialised Vitamin A Maize and Vitamin A Cassava, with a target of reaching 34

Dollah noted that food based approach was used, where they adopted the normal staple crops that are grown and consumed in Nigeria, to solve nutrition problems.“So we developed these varieties of crops to have high levels of micronutrients and vitamins so that as we grow them naturally from the farms and we consume, we have access to the essential micronutrients and vitamins for us to live a healthy life.

The Deputy Country Director of GAIN Nigeria, Dr Abbas Yusuf, who represented the Country Director, Micheal Ojo, said one of the things they do on the CBC is to process Vitamin A maize and Vitamin A cassava.Yusuf said it is pertinent that when the crops are processed, they are processed in the right way to avoid food poisoning.

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