{"id":1157,"date":"2022-04-11T07:44:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T07:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saa-safe.org\/newsletter\/?post_type=saa-newsletters&#038;p=1157"},"modified":"2022-11-18T07:41:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T07:41:25","slug":"aisha-nakibule-tells-us-how-biofortified-foods-has-lowered-malnutrition-in-lutete-uganda","status":"publish","type":"saa-newsletters","link":"https:\/\/saa-safe.org\/newsletter\/saa-newsletters\/aisha-nakibule-tells-us-how-biofortified-foods-has-lowered-malnutrition-in-lutete-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Aisha Nakibule tells us how biofortified foods have lowered malnutrition in Lutete, Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1157\" class=\"elementor elementor-1157\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c56f546 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c56f546\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c64472 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c64472\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 11-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Aisha Nakibule tells us how biofortified foods have lowered malnutrition in Lutete, Uganda<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b953f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b953f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 11-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In a bid to combat Vitamin A and Iron deficiency in Uganda, SAA introduced to farmers in Lutete, a village in the country\u2019s Mubende District, biofortified nutrient-dense, iron-rich beans, and high vitamin A orange-fleshed sweet potatoes. Together with HarvestPlus, SAA trained the leaders of the Nkobazambogo farmers group on how to grow, process and preserve the nutrient-rich beans and orange-fleshed sweet potatoes. The training also covered meal planning and preparation, with a focus on child-feeding and caregiving. The bio-fortified foods were especially recommended for children and women of reproductive age. The Nkobazambogo chairperson, Ms. Aisha Nakibule attested to their effectiveness. \u201cIt is rare to find malnourished children in our village; four years ago, it was a different story,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Nakibule noted that the bio-fortified beans are tasty, take a short time to cook, and can be profitably cultivated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast season, we harvested slightly over 11 bags\u00a0of beans (at 100kg per bag, totaling 1,100kg) out of which we sold nine at UGX1.5m (USD416). This amount was shared amongst members, while 50kg of the grain was retained for planting the following season,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The project was part of SAA\u2019s strategy to support smallholder farmers in fighting malnutrition through nutrition-sensitive agriculture. The Global Nutrition Report (2021) shows that 28.9% of children under five years of age in Uganda are stunted, 3.5% are wasting away, and 32.8% of women of reproductive age are anemic<sup><a style=\"font-size: 12px\" href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">1<\/a><\/sup>. The report also showed that 28% of Uganda\u2019s preschool children suffer from vitamin A deficiency<sup><a style=\"font-size: 12px\" href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">2<\/a><\/sup>.\u00a0There is a long way to win a battle against malnutrition but SAA will continue working..<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the full story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saa-safe.org\/news\/news.php?nt=2&amp;vid=332&amp;lng=usa\">click here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><sup><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" rel=\"noopener\" name=\"_ftn1\">1<\/a><\/sup> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnutritionreport.org\/resources\/nutrition-profiles\/africa\/eastern-africa\/uganda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Nutrition Report | Country Nutrition Profiles &#8211; Global Nutrition Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><sup><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" rel=\"noopener\" name=\"_ftn2\">2<\/a><\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/156482651003100202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vitamin A Fortification in Uganda: Comparing the Feasibility, Coverage, Costs, and Cost-Effectiveness of Fortifying Vegetable Oil and Sugar (sagepub.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to combat Vitamin A and Iron deficiency in Uganda, SAA introduced farmers in Lutete, a village in the country\u2019s Mubende District, to nutrient-dense, iron-reach beans, and orange-fleshed sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[67,61],"tags":[],"country":[54,41],"date_of_newsletter":[],"display_section":[55],"class_list":["post-1157","saa-newsletters","type-saa-newsletters","status-publish","hentry","category-all-countries","category-uganda","country-all-countries","country-uganda","display_section-hero-section"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saa-safe.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/saa-newsletters\/1157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saa-safe.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/saa-newsletters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saa-safe.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/saa-newsletters"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/saa-safe.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/saa-newsletters\/1157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1779,"href":"https:\/\/saa-safe.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/saa-newsletters\/1157\/revisions\/1779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saa-safe.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saa-safe.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saa-safe.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saa-safe.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"date_of_newsletter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saa-safe.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/date_of_newsletter?post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"display_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saa-safe.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/display_section?post=1157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}