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ZAMBIA: Orange maize to curb vitamin A deficiencyIRIN News | 11 Nov 2010Most Zambian children regularly tuck in to `nshima, a stiff maize porridge, but if they can be persuaded to eat an orange-coloured variety made of biofortified maize, their health prospects could be greatly enhanced. More than half of Zambia's under-five children are affected by vitamin A deficiency, which can increase the risk of illness, retard growth and cause blindness, according to the government's National Food and Nutrition Commission.
Zambia | Agriculture | Food Security | Health and Environment Alien species 'huge' threat to Africa, experts warnSCIDEV.NET | 25 May 2010Africa's biodiversity hotspots are under increasing threat from invasive species and the poor are the most vulnerable, say experts. Africa's protected biodiversity areas are under increasing threat from the species introduced — usually through human activities — to areas outside their natural range where they damage biodiversity, agriculture and human health.
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