Cowpeas in Northern Ghana and the factors that predict caregivers' intention to give them to schoolchildren.

Cowpeas are important staple legumes among the rural poor in northern Ghana. Our objectives were to assess the iron and zinc content of cowpea landraces and identify factors that predict the intention of mothers/caregivers to give cowpeas to their schoolchildren.We performed biochemical analysis on...

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Main Authors: Abdul-Razak Abizari, Nerisa Pilime, Margaret Armar-Klemesu, Inge D Brouwer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3741210?pdf=render