Vitamin A deficiency and training to farmers: Evidence from a field experiment in Mozambique

Rute Caeiro and Pedro Vicente

NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA

Abstract: Vitamin A deficiency is a widespread public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper analyzes the impact of a food-based intervention to fight vitamin A deficiency using orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP). We conducted a randomized evaluation of OFSP-related training to female farmers in Mozambique, in which the treatment group was taught basic concepts of nutrition, and OFSP-planting and cooking skills. We found encouraging evidence of changes in behavior and attitudes towards OFSP consumption and planting, and considerable increases in nutrition-related knowledge, as well as knowledge on cooking and planting OFSP.

Keywords: Vitamin A; orange-fleshed sweet potato; Mozambique; randomized evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 O12 O13 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2013
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