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Tackling the drivers of child undernutrition in developing countries : What works and how should interventions be designed? [PDF]
, 2010 OBJECTIVE: The present paper presents a synthesis of available evidence to support action on the interventions that can effectively address the main drivers of child undernutrition in developing countries.
Carr-Hill, Roy, Pridmore, Pat
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Mineral Biofortification of Vegetables as a Tool to Improve Human Diet
Foods, 2021 Vegetables represent pillars of good nutrition since they provide important phytochemicals such as fiber, vitamins, antioxidants, as well as minerals. Biofortification proposes a promising strategy to increase the content of specific compounds.
C. V. Buturi +4 more
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Contributions of biotechnology to meeting future food and environmental security needs [PDF]
, 2018 Biotechnology, including genetic modifications, can play a vital role in helping to meet future food and environmental security needs for our growing population.
Gartland, Jill S., Gartland, Kevan
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Finger on the Pulse: Pumping Iron into Chickpea
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017 Iron deficiency is a major problem in both developing and developed countries, and much of this can be attributed to insufficient dietary intake. Over the past decades several measures, such as supplementation and food fortification, have helped to ...
Grace Z. H. Tan +6 more
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Advances in Genomic Interventions for Wheat Biofortification: A Review
Agronomy, 2020 Wheat is an essential constituent of cereal-based diets, and one of the most significant sources of calories. However, modern wheat varieties are low in proteins and minerals.
Dinesh Kumar Saini +2 more
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Staple crops biofortified with increased vitamins and minerals : considerations for a public health strategy [PDF]
, 2017 Biofortification of staple crops has been proposed as a strategy to address micronutrient malnutrition, particularly with respect to insufficient intake of vitamin A, iron, zinc, and folate.
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2023 Red pitaya, the representative tropical and subtropical fruit, is vulnerable to quality deterioration due to climate or agronomic measures. Nano-selenium (Nano-Se) has shown positive effects on crop biofortification in favour of reversing this situation.
Huan Yu +5 more
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Frontiers in Agronomy, 2022 Modern agriculture pays attention to improving agricultural production by producing zinc-enriched crops through zinc-solubilizing bacteria to strengthen the bioeconomy.
Viabhav Kumar Upadhayay +3 more
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Food Security, 2023 Two plant production-based strategies – biofortification and dietary diversification – have been advocated to overcome micronutrient deficiencies, which are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide.
É. Malézieux +10 more
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Micronutrient deficiencies in African soils and the human nutritional nexus: opportunities with staple crops [PDF]
, 2020 A synthesis of available agronomic datasets and peer-reviewed scientific literature was conducted to: (1) assess the status of micronutrients in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) arable soils, (2) improve the understanding of the relations between soil quality ...
Bolo, Peter Omondi +4 more
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