Biofortified wheat
In developing countries, particularly in South and West Asia, about half a billion people are iron deficient. In many of these same regions, wheat is considered a major staple food. The main objective of biofortifying wheat is to develop nutritionally enhanced wheat to increase people’s intake of ir...
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| Format: | Brochure |
| Language: | Inglés |
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2006
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160493 |
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