{"id":161604,"date":"2012-04-20T18:34:55","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T18:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/vitamin-a-cassava-for-better-nutrition-in-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T22:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:04:06","slug":"vitamin-a-cassava-for-better-nutrition-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/vitamin-a-cassava-for-better-nutrition-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin A cassava for better nutrition in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>This blog post is a collaboration between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iita.org\/\">IITA<\/a>, Harvest Plus and ONE.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7018\/6473828047_eccee38a95.jpg\" alt=\"Girl enjoys yellow cassava. Photo: CIAT\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria officially released three Vitamin A cassava varieties on December 7th, 2011. This is huge news. 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