Biofortification: Future Challenges for a Newly Emerging Technology to Improve Nutrition Security Sustainably

Biofortification: Future Challenges for a Newly Emerging Technology to Improve Nutrition Security Sustainably

Biofortification was coined as a term to define a plant breeding strategy to increase the micronutrient content of staple food crops to reduce the burden of micronutrient deficiencies in low- and middle-income countries. In 2003, the HarvestPlus program, based in the centers comprising the Consultat...

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Main Authors: Howarth Bouis, Jennifer Foley, Keith Lividini, Jaya Jumrani, Russell Reinke, Dominique Van Der Straeten, Ronan Zagado, Erick Boy, Lynn R Brown, Bho Mudyahoto, Richard Alioma, Munawar Hussain, Wolfgang H Pfeiffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:Current Developments in Nutrition
Subjects:
biofortification
malnutrition
micronutrients
nutrition security
cost-effectiveness
food staples
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2475299124024120
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