The way forward
Biofortification has made more rapid progress in Africa than in Asia or Latin America. Thus, Africa provides an important first view into learning how to implement biofortification successfully, and its potential to improve nutrition and public health. The preceding articles have summarized the evid...
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African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
2017
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| author | Bouis, Howarth E. Saltzman, Amy Low, J. W. Ball, Anna-Marie Covic, Namukolo |
| author_browse | Ball, Anna-Marie Bouis, Howarth E. Covic, Namukolo Low, J. W. Saltzman, Amy |
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| description | Biofortification has made more rapid progress in Africa than in Asia or Latin America. Thus, Africa provides an important first view into learning how to implement biofortification successfully, and its potential to improve nutrition and public health. The preceding articles have summarized the evidence available for biofortification, particularly in the African context. Over the last 15 years, biofortification research demonstrated broadly that: Conventional breeding can add extra nutrients in the crops without reducing yields. When consumed, the increase in nutrient levels can make a measurable and significant impact on human nutrition. Farmers are willing to grow biofortified crops and consumers to eat them. While there remains more to be learned, the biofortification intervention should now be scaled up. To reach full potential, a global effort, with many partners – governments, researchers, private sector actors, civil society organizations, and farmers – is now required to bring more crops to more farmers, changing more lives. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1485082025-04-24T19:54:38Z The way forward Bouis, Howarth E. Saltzman, Amy Low, J. W. Ball, Anna-Marie Covic, Namukolo biofortification micronutrient deficiencies agriculture nutrition Biofortification has made more rapid progress in Africa than in Asia or Latin America. Thus, Africa provides an important first view into learning how to implement biofortification successfully, and its potential to improve nutrition and public health. The preceding articles have summarized the evidence available for biofortification, particularly in the African context. Over the last 15 years, biofortification research demonstrated broadly that: Conventional breeding can add extra nutrients in the crops without reducing yields. When consumed, the increase in nutrient levels can make a measurable and significant impact on human nutrition. Farmers are willing to grow biofortified crops and consumers to eat them. While there remains more to be learned, the biofortification intervention should now be scaled up. To reach full potential, a global effort, with many partners – governments, researchers, private sector actors, civil society organizations, and farmers – is now required to bring more crops to more farmers, changing more lives. 2017 2024-06-21T09:24:53Z 2024-06-21T09:24:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148508 en Open Access African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development Bouis, Howarth E.; Saltzman, Amy; Low, J. W.; Ball, Anna-Marie; Covic, Namukolo. The way forward. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development 17(2): 12130-12141. https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.78.HarvestPlus17 |
| spellingShingle | biofortification micronutrient deficiencies agriculture nutrition Bouis, Howarth E. Saltzman, Amy Low, J. W. Ball, Anna-Marie Covic, Namukolo The way forward |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The way forward |
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| topic | biofortification micronutrient deficiencies agriculture nutrition |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148508 |
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