Biofortified rice
Rice is the dominant cereal crop in many developing countries and is the staple food for more than half of the world’s population. In several Asian countries, rice provides 50–80 percent of the energy intake of the poor. Because of the high per capita consumption of rice in these countries, increasi...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2006
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| description | Rice is the dominant cereal crop in many developing countries and is the staple food for more than half of the world’s population. In several Asian countries, rice provides 50–80 percent of the energy intake of the poor. Because of the high per capita consumption of rice in these countries, increasing its nutritive value could have significant positive health outcomes for millions of people... Breeding programs aimed at producing varieties with high iron and zinc concentrations also seek to combine the high mineral content with other seed and food characteristics attractive to farmers or consumers. Studies by HarvestPlus and others have shown considerable losses of iron and zinc during the polishing of rice. For this reason, HarvestPlus breeding work is focused on increasing mineral levels in white rice. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1604912025-11-06T04:48:21Z Biofortified rice International Food Policy Research Institute biofortification rice cereal crops crop husbandry zinc minerals Rice is the dominant cereal crop in many developing countries and is the staple food for more than half of the world’s population. In several Asian countries, rice provides 50–80 percent of the energy intake of the poor. Because of the high per capita consumption of rice in these countries, increasing its nutritive value could have significant positive health outcomes for millions of people... Breeding programs aimed at producing varieties with high iron and zinc concentrations also seek to combine the high mineral content with other seed and food characteristics attractive to farmers or consumers. Studies by HarvestPlus and others have shown considerable losses of iron and zinc during the polishing of rice. For this reason, HarvestPlus breeding work is focused on increasing mineral levels in white rice. 2006 2024-11-21T09:50:55Z 2024-11-21T09:50:55Z Brochure https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160491 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI. 2006. Biofortified rice. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160491 |
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| title | Biofortified rice |
| title_full | Biofortified rice |
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| title_short | Biofortified rice |
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| topic | biofortification rice cereal crops crop husbandry zinc minerals |
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