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African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
Rural Outreach Program
ISSN: 1684-5358 EISSN: 1684-5358
Vol. 17, No. 2, 2017, pp. 12116-12129
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Bioline Code: nd17044
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2017, pp. 12116-12129
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CHAPTER 16 ADVOCACY FOR BIOFORTIFICATION: BUILDING STAKEHOLDER SUPPORT, INTEGRATION INTO REGIONAL AND NATIONAL POLICIES, AND SUSTAINING MOMENTUM
Covic, N.; Low, J.; MacKenzie, A. & Ball, A.
Abstract
Africa as a continent faces high prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies such as vitamin
A, iron, and zinc. Biofortification offers a dietary agriculture-based strategy that has
shown potential to address selected micronutrient deficiencies. This chapter describes
how advocacy for biofortification by HarvestPlus and its partners has been structured,
including a mix of evidence generation and sharing, stakeholder mapping, promotion to
change attitudes, and efforts towards establishing Codex Alimentarius standards for
biofortification. In addition, a review of African Union, Southern African Development
Community, and country-level strategic policy documents on how biofortification is
reflected in such documents for four country case studies, Ethiopia, Mozambique,
Rwanda, and Zambia was conducted. The momentum that has been built for
biofortification on the continent is in part attributed to salient advocacy that HarvestPlus
and its partners have used to promote investment in biofortification and adoption by
countries, to the extent that the original skepticism has dissipated and biofortified crops
have been released in at least 22 African countries with plans for release in additional
countries. Considerations and recommendations are suggested to inform the development
of advocacy strategies at country, regional, and Africa continent levels, aimed at
sustaining and accelerating the momentum for biofortification.
Keywords
Biofortification; Advocacy; HarvestPlus; Micronutrients; Micronutrient Deficiency; Codex Alimentarius; Biofortification Standards; Mainstreaming
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