?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F11438%2F&rft.title=Identification+of+Micronutrients-Dense+Sorghums+for+Better+Health+in+Western+and+Central+Africa+(WCA)&rft.creator=Angarawai%2C+I+I&rft.creator=Nebie%2C+B&rft.subject=Sorghum&rft.subject=Food+and+Nutrition&rft.description=Sorghum+plays+an+important+role+in+the+diets+and+economies+of+population+in+Mali+and+Nigeria%2C+the+two+target+countries+of+the+project.+In+these+countries%2C+dietary+induced+micronutrient+malnutrition+is+a+major+concern.+Statistics+from+e-HEALTH+Nigeria+indicated+that%3B+1+out+of+every+5+children+are+severely+malnourished%2C+29%25+of+all+preschool+age+children+are+vitamin+A+deficient+(VAD)+and+2+in+every+3+pregnant+women+are+anaemic+%2F+Iron+Deficiency+Anaemia+(IDA.+The+average+per+capita+annual+sorghum+consumption+in+major+sorghum+growing+areas%2C+is+more+than+75+kg%2C+contributing+to+more+than+50%25+of+the+dietary+micronutrient+requirements%2C+particularly+in+the+northern+states+of+Nigeria+and+among+the+low-income+population+groups.+In+Mali%2C+80%25+to+90%25+of+production+is+directly+consumed+by+semi-subsistence+farmers+never+reaching+a+market.+The+rate+of+anemia+in+West+and+Central+Africa+(WCA)+region+is+exceedingly+high%2C+especially+for+young+children+and+pregnant+women.+Therefore%2C+any+improvement+in+grain+Iron+(Fe)+and+Zinc+(Zn)+concentration+in+sorghum%2C+directly+benefits+the+poor+who+depend+mainly+on+agriculture.&rft.publisher=ICRISAT&rft.date=2019&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++Angarawai%2C+I+I+and+Nebie%2C+B++(2019)+Identification+of+Micronutrients-Dense+Sorghums+for+Better+Health+in+Western+and+Central+Africa+(WCA).++Project+Report.+ICRISAT.+++++