Muracho: a new biofortified vitamin A banana/plantain variety in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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2019-12-31

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CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health. 2019. Muracho: a new biofortified vitamin A banana/plantain variety in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Reported in Agriculture for Nutrition and Health Annual Report 2019. Innovations.

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In 2019, 27 new varieties of vitamin A banana/plantain, cassava, maize, and sweet potato; iron beans, cowpea, and pearl millet; zinc rice, maize, and wheat were released. Evidence provided links to the biofortification crops map. An internal HarvestPlus database along with breeding reports can be made available upon request.

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rice; maize; crops; cassava; potatoes; varieties; bananas; sweet potatoes; breeding; development; beans; rural development; wheat; iron; biofortification; zinc; systems; reports; vitamin a; agrifood systems; pearl millet; millet; banana; variety; republic of the congo

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Congo, Democratic Republic of

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Middle Africa

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