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Prioritizing countries and crops for H+ LAC

Prioritizing countries and crops for H+ LAC. Salomón Pérez S. Carolina González Washington DC, October 18th-19th, 2012. Crops released in AgroSalud. Crops released in AgroSalud. Crops and countries selection. Criteria: National production (per capita) Consumption (per capita)

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Prioritizing countries and crops for H+ LAC

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  1. Prioritizing countries and crops for H+ LAC Salomón Pérez S. Carolina González Washington DC, October 18th-19th, 2012

  2. Crops released in AgroSalud

  3. Crops released in AgroSalud

  4. Crops and countries selection • Criteria: • National production (per capita) • Consumption (per capita) • Iron, Zinc or Vitamin A deficiency as a level of public health problem • Income (per capita) • Poverty (<1.25 US/day) Information sources: Production and consumption: FAO (2009). Iron deficiency: Worldwide prevalence of anaemia 1993-2005. WHO  Zinc deficiency: Assessment of the Risk of Zinc Deficiency in Populations and Options for Its Control. IZING. Vitamin A: Global prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in populations at risk 1995–2005. WHO. 2005. Income and Poverty: World Bank

  5. Ranking by poverty level

  6. Ranking by iron deficiency prevalence Pre-schoolchildren

  7. Ranking by iron deficiency prevalence Pregnantwomen

  8. Ranking by iron deficiency prevalence Non - Pregnantwomen

  9. Ranking by zinc deficiency prevalence

  10. Priorized countries and crops for H+ LAC in Central America and the Caribbean

  11. Priority Countries and material released per country (Agrosalud)

  12. Priority Countries - Population

  13. Potential- ideal Socioeconomic StudiesNext 3 -4 years a. Diagnostic studies: • Varietal adoption studies: • Rice – Bolivia? • Beans – Bolivia (Check) • Rice – Nicaragua • Rice – Panama • Beans – Guatemala • Beans – Honduras? • Beans - Nicaragua • Beans -- Panama • Cassava – Colombia? • Rice-small farmers NE Brazil-Maranhao (for completing the information) • Cassava – NE Brazil? (for completing complete information) • Beans-small producer-NE Brazil (complete the information) Diagnostic per selected countries to identify delivery strategies (main actors, geographic zones, target population)

  14. b. Consumer studies: • Beans – Nicaragua INTA Nutritivo (Fe: 80 ppm, Zinc: 37 ppm) • Beans -- Guatemala(?) – ICTA Peten(Fe: 76 ppm, Zinc: ? ppm) • Beans – Panama (?) – potential release bening 2013 c. Impact assessment studies • In Four countries where biofortified cultivars are close to be released (Nicaragua, Bolivia, Guatemala (2500/ICTA PETEN) and Panama).

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