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% on-farm consumption of biofortified cassava 2015

03/01/2017
75% of all biofortified harvested roots were consumed on-farm in 2015, according to HarvestPlus estimates (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
Cita 75% de todas las raíces biofortificadas cosechadas fueron consumidas en finca en 2015, según estimaciones de HarvestPlus (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
Fuente Bouis, H.E., & Saltzman, A. (2017). Improving nutrition through biofortification: A review of evidence from HarvestPlus, 2003 through 2016. Global Food Security, 12, 49-58.

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