Agricultural technology and food policy to combat iron deficiency in developing countries
Breeding for food-staple plant varieties that load high amounts of iron and zinc in their seeds holds great promise for making a significant, low-cost, and sustainable contribution to reducing iron and zinc deficiencies in humans in developing countries. This strategy also may well have important sp...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1994
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156840 |
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