Improving Household Nutrition through Biofortified Foods: Gender-Responsive Policy Options
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Date
2025
Authors
Assoua, Joe E.
Kareem, Fatima Olanike
Bomdzele, Eric Junior
Etah, Ayuk Justine
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AERC
Abstract
Biofortification has been shown to provide numerous health and nutrition benefits, including Vitamin A, iron, and zinc to women of childbearing age and children under 5, as well as improve food security and increase food accessibility (Foley et al., 2021; Ruel & Alderman, 2013). In Rwanda, biofortification is a central focus of the government’s national agricultural policies and strategies with the aim of addressing micronutrient deficiencies prevalent among vulnerable groups like women and children, to combat malnutrition and improve public health outcomes. Despite the concerted efforts to increase the production and consumption of biofortified foods, the consumption of these products is still low, and household food and nutrition insecurity persist. It thus becomes imperative to ascertain how the interplay of factors at the household level can explain the willingness to purchase nutrition-enhanced food.