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© IRD / Olivier Barrière Arable land denshering around Elahé, Amerindian village Wayana in French Guiana Indigo 44480  

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Red palm oil as a means of combating Vitamin A deficiency

February 2004

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© IRD / Jean-Pierre Montoroi Récolte de régimes fructifères du palmier à huile (Arecaceae : Eleais guinensis). Djiguinoum, Basse-Casamance Indigo 1154  

Vitamin A deficiency leads to eye malfunction and increases infant mortality.