This study investigated the effects of social networks on consumer willingness to pay (WTP) for two high-iron bean (HIB) varieties (HIB-A and HIB-B) using data collected from 572 farmers in rural Rwanda.

Increasing urbanization in developing countries creates current and future challenges for the global food system to deliver high quality nutritious foods and provide equitable access for the urban poor.

Several literature reviews have questioned the rigorousness of impact evaluations of nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions.

Micronutrient deficiencies affect more than two billion individuals worldwide, with dire outcomes for human health and productivity.

In this paper, we seek to understand the current structure of the pearl millet seed sector in order to formulate recommendations about how best to position the marketing strategy for soon-to-be-released, high-iron hybrids.

Several studies have suggested demand-pull creation in urban areas as a strategy to drive the adoption of novel agricultural products in rural areas.

Pearl millet is one of the most important food staples of poorer populations in the drylands of India. India’s first pearl millet hybrids were released during the Green Revolution.

Beans are grown by nearly all rural households in Rwanda, provide a large share of calorie intakes, and are a vital source of proteins and micronutrients.

Biofortification, breeding staple food crops to be dense sources of essential micronutrients, is fast emerging as a strategy to fight micronutrient malnutrition.

Agricultural interventions are thought to have the potential to improve nutrition, but very little rigorous evidence is available about programs that link the two.

Iron deficiency among children and women of child-bearing age is a public health problem in many developing countries.

HarvestPlus seeks to select one or more wheat varieties in Pakistan to biofortify with zinc to improve the health of the Pakistani population, especially women and children.

Despite the policy importance of household nutrition and food security in rural Zambia, we are not aware of any analyses since a 1994 study by Shubh Kumar that have related the adoption of hybrid seed to dietary diversity among smallholder maize g

Country-crop-micronutrient–specific biofortification prioritization indices (BPIs)

This study explores farmer acceptance and valuation of a biofortified staple food crop in a developing country prior to its commercialization.

In this paper, we examine the implications of alternative country-specific scenarios for biofortification on the reduction of micronutrient deficiency prevalence in under-fives.

This paper attempts to address this question by using a choice experiment with the real product to quantify the magnitude of the premium or discount in consumers’ willingness to pay that may be associated with it.

Biofortification is increasingly seen as an additional tool to combat micronutrient malnutrition.