STRATEGY—AT A GLANCE
- An estimated 56% of children under 5 and 33% of non-pregnant women are anemic
- Average consumption of beans: 200 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
- 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
Rwanda Agricultural Research Institute (ISAR)
National University of Rwanda- Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health
National Laboratory
Other Countries
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
