An overview of the landscape and approach for biofortification in Africa
Mineral and vitamin deficiencies are a serious public health problem in Africa. The terrible consequences of these deficiencies are well known. Biofortification is the process of breeding nutrients into staple food crops. It is one cost-effective and sustainable agricultural investment that can help...
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African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
2017
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| author | Bouis, Howarth E. Saltzman, A. Ball, A. Covic, Namukolo M. Low, Jan W. |
| author_browse | Ball, A. Bouis, Howarth E. Covic, Namukolo M. Low, Jan W. Saltzman, A. |
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| description | Mineral and vitamin deficiencies are a serious public health problem in Africa. The terrible consequences of these deficiencies are well known. Biofortification is the process of breeding nutrients into staple food crops. It is one cost-effective and sustainable agricultural investment that can help to reduce mineral and vitamin deficiencies, especially in the diets of the rural poor. This chapter discusses the key questions and impact pathway around which biofortification research has been oriented over the past 15 years, and sets the stage for subsequent chapters in this special issue on biofortification for the African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development. |
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| spelling | CGSpace919782025-03-21T20:25:47Z An overview of the landscape and approach for biofortification in Africa Bouis, Howarth E. Saltzman, A. Ball, A. Covic, Namukolo M. Low, Jan W. nutrition vitamin deficiencies agriculture biofortification micronutrient deficiencies Mineral and vitamin deficiencies are a serious public health problem in Africa. The terrible consequences of these deficiencies are well known. Biofortification is the process of breeding nutrients into staple food crops. It is one cost-effective and sustainable agricultural investment that can help to reduce mineral and vitamin deficiencies, especially in the diets of the rural poor. This chapter discusses the key questions and impact pathway around which biofortification research has been oriented over the past 15 years, and sets the stage for subsequent chapters in this special issue on biofortification for the African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development. 2017-01-01 2018-04-02T00:32:29Z 2018-04-02T00:32:29Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91978 en Open Access African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development Bouis, H.; Saltzman, A.; Low, J.; Ball, A.; Covic, N. 2017. An overview of the landscape and approach for biofortification in Africa. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development. ISSN 1684-5374. 17(2):11848-11864. |
| spellingShingle | nutrition vitamin deficiencies agriculture biofortification micronutrient deficiencies Bouis, Howarth E. Saltzman, A. Ball, A. Covic, Namukolo M. Low, Jan W. An overview of the landscape and approach for biofortification in Africa |
| title | An overview of the landscape and approach for biofortification in Africa |
| title_full | An overview of the landscape and approach for biofortification in Africa |
| title_fullStr | An overview of the landscape and approach for biofortification in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | An overview of the landscape and approach for biofortification in Africa |
| title_short | An overview of the landscape and approach for biofortification in Africa |
| title_sort | overview of the landscape and approach for biofortification in africa |
| topic | nutrition vitamin deficiencies agriculture biofortification micronutrient deficiencies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91978 |
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