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Project Number,Date Modified,Title,Description,Status,Start,End,Country,Executing Agency - Partner,CIDA Sector of Focus,DAC Sector,Maximum CIDA Contribution,Expected Results,Progress and Results Achieved
"A032413001","2012-06-26","Combatting  Hidden Hunger in Latin America","In the Americas, 94 million people are iron deficient and 16 million are vitamin A deficient. The results of these deficiencies are lower immunity to diseases, lower cognitive ability, and premature death. Through this project, the staple food crops of rice, corn, beans, cassava, and sweet potato are being bred to increase their iron, zinc, Vitamin A (beta carotene), and protein content. The resulting bio-fortified crops are distributed to rural poor through the national agricultural services of the targeted countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru. The objectives of the project are to double the iron and zinc content of both beans and rice; to raise the protein content of corn to 12%, with higher levels of beta carotene in yellow corn varieties; and to increase the beta carotene content of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes and cassava, while at the same time potentially raising the protein content of cassava. Post-harvest processing and industrialization of cassava are also developed and deployed.","Terminating","2004","2010","Colombia: 25%,Brazil: 10%,Honduras: 10%,Haiti: 10%,Mexico: 10%,Nicaragua: 10%,Peru: 10%,Bolivia: 5%,Dominican Republic: 5%,Guatemala: 5%","CIAT - International Center for Tropical Agriculture","Private sector development","Agricultural research(031182): 100%","$ 20,000,000","This is a new feature, part of CIDA's efforts towards increasing transparency. Information will only be available for projects approved after October 15, 2011. For other projects, information on expected results is usually included in the description.","Results achieved as of the end of the project (July 2011) include: AgroSalud partners have commercially released 21 maize cultivars with higher tryptophan and lysine levels in Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama; eight rice cultivars with higher iron content have been released in Bolivia, Cuba and Panama; five bean cultivars with higher iron content have been released in Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba and Guatemala; and eight sweet potato cultivars with more beta-carotene in Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Peru; an additional 10 nutritionally enhanced cultivars are being prepared for release in eight countries in 2011-2012. These have contributed to reducing Vitamin A, iron and zinc deficiencies in poor populations in Latin America, thus reducing the incidence of health problems related to these deficiencies."