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Multiplying the efficiency and impact of biofortification through metabolic engineering

Ending all forms of hunger by 2030, as set forward in the UN-Sustainable Development Goal 2 (UN-SDG2), is a daunting but essential task, given the limited timeline ahead and the negative global health and socio-economic impact of hunger. Malnutrition or hidden hunger due to micronutrient deficiencie...

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Main Authors: Straeten, Dominique van der, Bhullar, Navreet K., De Steur, Hans, Gruissem, Wilhelm, MacKenzie, Donald, Pfeiffer, Wolfgang, Qaim, Matin, Slamet-Loedin, Inez, Strobbe, Simon, Tohme, Joe, Trijatmiko, Kurniawan Rudi, Vanderschuren, Hervé, Montagu, Marc van, Zhang, Chunyi, Bouis, Howarth
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2020
Subjects:
biofortification
trace element deficiencies
sustainable development goals
plant breeding
hunger
malnutrition
trace elements
metabolism
goal 2 zero hunger
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142812
Summary:Ending all forms of hunger by 2030, as set forward in the UN-Sustainable Development Goal 2 (UN-SDG2), is a daunting but essential task, given the limited timeline ahead and the negative global health and socio-economic impact of hunger. Malnutrition or hidden hunger due to micronutrient deficiencies affects about one third of the world population and severely jeopardizes economic development. Staple crop biofortification through gene stacking, using a rational combination of conventional breeding and metabolic engineering strategies, should enable a leap forward within the coming decade. A number of specific actions and policy interventions are proposed to reach this goal.

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