Biofortification in underutilized staple crops for nutrition in Asia and Africa
Malnutrition is one of the biggest public health challenges of the century with about 2 billion people affected by it globally. Biofortification is the process of breeding micronutrients traits into staple food crops, which is bioavailable to make a positive measurable impact to the population that...
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Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
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| author | Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H. Andersson, Meike S. Govindaraj, Mahalingam Parminder, Virk Cherian, Binu Illona, Paul Magezi, Sylvia Ruhweza Mulambu, Joseph |
| author_browse | Andersson, Meike S. Cherian, Binu Govindaraj, Mahalingam Illona, Paul Magezi, Sylvia Ruhweza Mulambu, Joseph Parminder, Virk Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H. |
| author_facet | Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H. Andersson, Meike S. Govindaraj, Mahalingam Parminder, Virk Cherian, Binu Illona, Paul Magezi, Sylvia Ruhweza Mulambu, Joseph |
| author_sort | Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H. |
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| description | Malnutrition is one of the biggest public health challenges of the century with about 2 billion people affected by it globally. Biofortification is the process of breeding micronutrients traits into staple food crops, which is bioavailable to make a positive measurable impact to the population that eats such staples on a daily basis. It is a cost-effective, sustainable strategy and complementary in nature to the existing market interventions. Iron pearl millet, iron beans, vitamin A cassava and orange sweet potato can contribute to increase household nutrition in the Asia and Africa. Over the years evidences gathered by partners in crop breeding, nutrition studies and delivery experiences will help to build the foundation for scaling out further to reach millions who need the most. |
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| spelling | CGSpace983252025-11-06T07:16:39Z Biofortification in underutilized staple crops for nutrition in Asia and Africa Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H. Andersson, Meike S. Govindaraj, Mahalingam Parminder, Virk Cherian, Binu Illona, Paul Magezi, Sylvia Ruhweza Mulambu, Joseph sweet potato biofortification sustainability retinol malnutrition nutrition iron Malnutrition is one of the biggest public health challenges of the century with about 2 billion people affected by it globally. Biofortification is the process of breeding micronutrients traits into staple food crops, which is bioavailable to make a positive measurable impact to the population that eats such staples on a daily basis. It is a cost-effective, sustainable strategy and complementary in nature to the existing market interventions. Iron pearl millet, iron beans, vitamin A cassava and orange sweet potato can contribute to increase household nutrition in the Asia and Africa. Over the years evidences gathered by partners in crop breeding, nutrition studies and delivery experiences will help to build the foundation for scaling out further to reach millions who need the most. 2018 2018-11-26T15:44:26Z 2018-11-26T15:44:26Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98325 en Open Access application/pdf Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions Pfeiffer, Wolfgang; Andersson, Meike S.; Govindaraj, Mahalingam; Parminder, Virk; Cherian, Binu; Illona, Paul; Magezi, Sylvia; and Mulambu, Joseph. 2018. Biofortification in underutilized staple crops for nutrition in Asia and Africa. In Regional expert consultation on underutilized crops for food and nutritional security in Asia and the Pacific – Thematic, strategic papers and country status reports. Thematic Papers, Chapter 7, Pp.70-81. Bangkok, Thailand: Asia-Pacific Association for Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI). November 13-15, 2017. |
| spellingShingle | sweet potato biofortification sustainability retinol malnutrition nutrition iron Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H. Andersson, Meike S. Govindaraj, Mahalingam Parminder, Virk Cherian, Binu Illona, Paul Magezi, Sylvia Ruhweza Mulambu, Joseph Biofortification in underutilized staple crops for nutrition in Asia and Africa |
| title | Biofortification in underutilized staple crops for nutrition in Asia and Africa |
| title_full | Biofortification in underutilized staple crops for nutrition in Asia and Africa |
| title_fullStr | Biofortification in underutilized staple crops for nutrition in Asia and Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biofortification in underutilized staple crops for nutrition in Asia and Africa |
| title_short | Biofortification in underutilized staple crops for nutrition in Asia and Africa |
| title_sort | biofortification in underutilized staple crops for nutrition in asia and africa |
| topic | sweet potato biofortification sustainability retinol malnutrition nutrition iron |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98325 |
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