From 2007 to 2009, HarvestPlus and its partners disseminated orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) to more than 24,000 households in Mozambique and Uganda to see if we could reduce vitamin A deficiency—through food.


From 2007 to 2009, HarvestPlus and its partners disseminated orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) to more than 24,000 households in Mozambique and Uganda to see if we could reduce vitamin A deficiency—through food.
The HarvestPlus 2011 Annual Report is now available. This report will give you a glimpse into our 2011 achievements and a benchmark against which to assess our progress in developing, testing, and delivering nutritious food crops.

View the HarvestPlus 2011 Annual Report or download a copy.
The Rwanda Government has released five new iron‐rich bean varieties that could provide more iron in the diets of millions of people.

New iron‐rich beans to provide more iron in the diets of millions of Rwandese are being developed. Children and women will be the main beneficiaries of these new bean varieties, which could provide up to 30% of their daily iron needs.