ArticleCurrent developments in nutrition2020
Assessing the Coverage of Biofortified Foods: Development and Testing of Methods and Indicators in Musanze, Rwanda.
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- Estimating the Number of People Eating Biofortified Foods On-Farm and from Markets: a Detailed Methodology and Tool.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
- Digital tools and technologies used in food fortification: A scoping review.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Article
- Monitoring Biofortification Program Performance and Potential for Impact: Indicators, Methods, and Learnings from the Commercialization of Biofortified Crops Program in Six Countries across Africa and Asia.Current developments in nutrition · 2024Article
- Factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women in Rwanda: an analysis of the Rwanda demographic and health survey of 2020.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Household-Level Coverage of Iron-Biofortified Beans in the Northern Province of Rwanda.Current developments in nutrition · 2023Article
- Critical review of indicators, metrics, methods, and tools for monitoring and evaluation of biofortification programs at scale.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundBiofortification of staple crops has the potential to increase nutrient intakes and improve health outcomes. Despite program data on the number of farming households reached with and growing biofortified crops, information on the coverage of biofortified foods in the general population is often lacking. Such information is needed to ascertain potential for impact and identify bottlenecks to parts of the impact pathway.
objectivesWe aimed to develop and test methods and indicators for assessing household coverage of biofortified foods.
methodsTo assess biofortification programs, 5 indicators of population-wide household coverage were developed, building on approaches previously used to assess large-scale food fortification programs. These were
resultsAmong the 242 households surveyed, consumption of beans and sweet potatoes was 99.2% and 96.3%, respectively. Awareness of IBs or OFSPs was 65.7% and 48.8%, and availability was 23.6% and 10.7%, respectively. Overall, 15.3% and 10.7% of households reported ever consuming IBs and OFSPs, and 10.4% and 2.1% of households were currently consuming these foods, respectively. The major bottlenecks to coverage of biofortified foods were awareness and availability.
conclusionsThese methods and indicators fill a gap in the availability of tools to assess coverage of biofortified foods, and the results of the survey highlight their utility for identifying bottlenecks. Further testing is warranted to confirm the generalizability of the coverage indicators and inform their operationalization when deployed in different settings.
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