A4NH flagship 2: Biofortification

Micronutrient deficiency affects approximately 2 billion people globally and is caused by poor-quality diets resulting in low intakes of key micronutrients. Children who are micronutrient deficient in early childhood are at a much higher risk of infections, and less able to recover than healthy chil...

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Autor principal: International Food Policy Research Institute
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146224
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description Micronutrient deficiency affects approximately 2 billion people globally and is caused by poor-quality diets resulting in low intakes of key micronutrients. Children who are micronutrient deficient in early childhood are at a much higher risk of infections, and less able to recover than healthy children. Biofortification uses plant breeding to improve the nutritional content of food crops, especially staple foods that poor people already consume, in order to reduce inadequate intakes and micronutrient deficiency in the most at-risk populations.
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spelling CGSpace1462242025-11-06T06:22:14Z A4NH flagship 2: Biofortification International Food Policy Research Institute biofortification food crops health deficiencies crops agriculture nutrition trace elements poverty Micronutrient deficiency affects approximately 2 billion people globally and is caused by poor-quality diets resulting in low intakes of key micronutrients. Children who are micronutrient deficient in early childhood are at a much higher risk of infections, and less able to recover than healthy children. Biofortification uses plant breeding to improve the nutritional content of food crops, especially staple foods that poor people already consume, in order to reduce inadequate intakes and micronutrient deficiency in the most at-risk populations. 2017 2024-06-21T09:06:15Z 2024-06-21T09:06:15Z Brochure https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146224 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134976 application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2017. A4NH flagship 2: Biofortification. A4NH Note 2. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146224
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International Food Policy Research Institute
A4NH flagship 2: Biofortification
title A4NH flagship 2: Biofortification
title_full A4NH flagship 2: Biofortification
title_fullStr A4NH flagship 2: Biofortification
title_full_unstemmed A4NH flagship 2: Biofortification
title_short A4NH flagship 2: Biofortification
title_sort a4nh flagship 2 biofortification
topic biofortification
food crops
health
deficiencies
crops
agriculture
nutrition
trace elements
poverty
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146224
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