Comments on: Eyes on Orange Maize: vitamin A-rich maize offers hope in sub-Saharan Africa http://www.cgiar.org/consortium-news/eyes-on-orange-maize-vitamin-a-rich-maize-offers-hope-in-sub-saharan-africa/ A Global Agricultural Research Partnership Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:40:35 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mining the minerals in cowpea http://www.cgiar.org/consortium-news/eyes-on-orange-maize-vitamin-a-rich-maize-offers-hope-in-sub-saharan-africa/#comment-234 Mining the minerals in cowpea Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:54:55 +0000 http://consortium.cgiar.org/?p=2053#comment-234 [...] a bit more around the village of Borgou? Footnotes:Having written that, of course another reminder immediately appeared. [↩]Boukar, O., Massawe, F., Muranaka, S., Franco, J., Maziya-Dixon, B., Singh, B., & [...] [...] a bit more around the village of Borgou? Footnotes:Having written that, of course another reminder immediately appeared. [↩]Boukar, O., Massawe, F., Muranaka, S., Franco, J., Maziya-Dixon, B., Singh, B., & [...]

]]> By: Tawanda Muzhingi http://www.cgiar.org/consortium-news/eyes-on-orange-maize-vitamin-a-rich-maize-offers-hope-in-sub-saharan-africa/#comment-233 Tawanda Muzhingi Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:22:46 +0000 http://consortium.cgiar.org/?p=2053#comment-233 Our study recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition also found that in Zimbabwean men, 300 g cooked yellow maize containing 1.2 mg β-carotene that was consumed with 20.5 g fat showed the same vitamin A activity as 0.38 mg retinol and provided 40–50% of the adult vitamin A RDA. Biofortified yellow maize can help to reduce vitamin A deficiency in east and southern Africa where most people use maize as their staple food. The success of maize biofortification can be enhanced by collaborating with major seed companies. Seed companies may increase the availability and access to biofortified yellow maize. Efforts should be made to invited their participation in yellow maize biofortification early in the process rather than later. Our study recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition also found that in Zimbabwean men, 300 g cooked yellow maize containing 1.2 mg β-carotene that was consumed with 20.5 g fat showed the same vitamin A activity as 0.38 mg retinol and provided 40–50% of the adult vitamin A RDA.

Biofortified yellow maize can help to reduce vitamin A deficiency in east and southern Africa where most people use maize as their staple food. The success of maize biofortification can be enhanced by collaborating with major seed companies. Seed companies may increase the availability and access to biofortified yellow maize. Efforts should be made to invited their participation in yellow maize biofortification early in the process rather than later.

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