Cowpeas in Northern Ghana and the Factors that Predict Caregivers’ Intention to Give Them to Schoolchildren

Abdul-Razak Abizari; Nerisa Pilime; Margaret Armar-Klemesu; Inge D. Brouwer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072087

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Cowpeas in Northern Ghana and the Factors that Predict Caregivers’ Intention to Give Them to Schoolchildren

Abdul-Razak Abizari ,

* E-mail: abizaria@yahoo.com

Affiliations Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Department of Community Nutrition, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
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Nerisa Pilime,

Current address: United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Pretoria, Southern Africa

Affiliation Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Margaret Armar-Klemesu,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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Inge D. Brouwer

Affiliation Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Cowpeas in Northern Ghana and the Factors that Predict Caregivers’ Intention to Give Them to Schoolchildren

Abdul-Razak Abizari,
Nerisa Pilime,
Margaret Armar-Klemesu,
Inge D. Brouwer

Published: August 12, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072087

About the Authors

Abdul-Razak Abizari

* E-mail: abizaria@yahoo.com

Affiliations Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Department of Community Nutrition, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

Nerisa Pilime

Current address: United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Pretoria, Southern Africa

Affiliation Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Margaret Armar-Klemesu

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Inge D. Brouwer

Affiliation Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARA MAK IDB. Performed the experiments: ARA NP. Analyzed the data: ARA NP IDB. Wrote the paper: ARA NP MAK IDB.

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