STRATEGY—AT A GLANCE
- An estimated 71% of children under 5 and 53% of non-pregnant women are anemic
- Average consumption of beans: 300 grams/capita/day
- Average baseline iron content of bean: 50 parts per million, preliminary target level: 94 parts per million
- Agronomic traits: Virus resistant, heat and drought tolerant
- Estimated biofortification contribution: 30% of the mean daily iron needs of adult women
- Release year for HarvestPlus biofortified varieties: 2012
- Spillover countries: Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
CGIAR PARTNER
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
OTHER PARTNERS
National
Ministry of Health
National Institute for the Environment and Agricultural Research (INERA)
PRONANUT (National Nutrition Program)
University of Goma
University of Bukavu
Other
Flinders University
Waite Analytical Laboratory
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ)
East and Central African Bean Research Network
Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance
Helen Keller International
Project Healthy Children
