Estimates of Dietary Mineral Micronutrient Supply from Staple Cereals in Ethiopia at a District Level.

ABSTRACT: Recent surveys have revealed substantial spatial variation in the micronutrient composition of cereals in Ethiopia, where a single national micronutrient concentration values for cereal grains are of limited use for estimating typical micronutrient intakes. We estimated the district-level dietary mineral supply of staple cereals, combining district-level cereal production and crop mineral composition data, assuming cereal consumption of 300 g capita^-1 day^-1 proportional to district-level production quantity of each cereal. We considered Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), maize (Zea mays L.), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench), teff (Eragrostis tef (Zuccagni) Trotter), and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) consumption representing 93.5% of th

SUBMITTER: Abdu AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9459787 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature