Food biofortification: Reaping the benefits of science to overcome hidden hunger: A paper in the series on the need for agricultural innovation to sustainably feed the world by 2050

Biofortification is a process of increasing the density of minerals and vitamins in a food crop through conventional plant breeding, genetic engineering, or agronomic practices (primarily use of fertilizers and foliar sprays). Biofortified staple food crops, when substituted consistently for non-bio...

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Main Authors:	Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, Bouis, Howarth E., Birol, Ekin, Boy, Erick, Gannon, Bryan, Haas, Jere D., Low, J. W., Mehta, Saurabh, Michaux, Kristina D., Mudyahoto, Bho, Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H., Qaim, Matin, Reinberg, Chelsea, Rocheford, Torbert R., Stein, Alexander J., Strobbe, Simon, van der Straeten, Dominique, Verbeecke, Vincent, Welch, Ross M.
Format:	Artículo preliminar
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Council for Agricultural Science and Technology 2020
Subjects:	innovation biofortification covid-19 hunger nutrition vitamin deficiencies trace elements goal 2 zero hunger diet
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143109