Biofortification of staple food crops: Six questions

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dc.creatorNestel, Penelope
dc.creatorBouis, Howarth E.
dc.creatorPfeiffer, Wolfgang
dc.creatorMeenakshi, Jonnalagadda V.
dc.date2006
dc.date2024-11-21T09:51:03Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:51:03Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:07:53Z
dc.descriptionMore than half the world’s population suffers from micronutrient malnutrition. Biofortification of staple food crops is a new public health approach to control vitamin A, iron, and zinc deficiencies in poor countries. Biofortification is the development of micronutrient ‐ dense staple crops using traditional breeding practices and modern biotechnology. It has multiple advantages: it capitalizes on the regular daily intake of a consistent and large amount of the food staples that predominate in the diets of the poor, recurrent costs are low (germplasm can be shared internationally), it is sustainable, and it can reach undernourished populations in remote are as.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160535
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95464
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceNestel, Penelope; Bouis, Howarth E.; Meenakshi, J. V. and Pfeiffer, Wolfgang. 2006. Biofortification of staple food crops: Six questions. HarvestPlus Abstract 5. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160535
dc.subjectiron
dc.subjectzinc
dc.subjectretinol
dc.subjectcarotenoids
dc.subjectvitamin a
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectplant breeding
dc.subjectbiofortification
dc.titleBiofortification of staple food crops: Six questions
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