Increasing the production and consumption of vitamin A–rich fruits and vegetables: Lessons learned in taking the Bangladesh homestead gardening programme to a national scale

Talukder, Aminuzzaman; Kiess, Lynnda; Huq, Nasreen; de Pee, Saskia; Darnton-Hill, Ian; Bloem, Martin W.

doi:10.1177/156482650002100210

Increasing the production and consumption of vitamin A–rich fruits and vegetables: Lessons learned in taking the Bangladesh homestead gardening programme to a national scale

Micronutrient malnutrition affects more than 20 million children and women (at least 50% of this population) in Bangladesh. the diets of more than 85% of women and children in Bangladesh are inadequate in essential micronutrients such as vitamin A, largely because adequate amounts of foods contai…