Biofortification: progress toward a more nourishing future

A Saltzman, E Birol, HE Bouis, E Boy, FF De Moura… - Global food security, 2013 - Elsevier
Biofortification, the process of breeding nutrients into food crops, provides a sustainable,
long-term strategy for delivering micronutrients to rural populations in develo** countries …

The Potential of the Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) as a Vehicle for Iron Biofortification

N Petry, E Boy, JP Wirth, RF Hurrell - Nutrients, 2015 - mdpi.com
Common beans are a staple food and the major source of iron for populations in Eastern
Africa and Latin America. Bean iron concentration is high and can be further increased by …

Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition?

MT Ruel, H Alderman - The lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Acceleration of progress in nutrition will require effective, large-scale nutrition-sensitive
programmes that address key underlying determinants of nutrition and enhance the …

A review on iron, zinc and calcium biological significance and factors affecting their absorption and bioavailability

P Singh, S Prasad - Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
Micronutrients are needed for the human body in very small amounts and have a visible
impact on human health. Deficiencies of micronutrients like iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), calcium (Ca) …

Advances in breeding for high grain zinc in rice

BPM Swamy, MA Rahman, MA Inabangan-Asilo… - Rice, 2016 - Springer
Zinc (Zn) is one of the most essential micronutrients required for the growth and
development of human beings. More than one billion people, particularly children and …

[HTML][HTML] Consuming iron biofortified beans increases iron status in Rwandan women after 128 days in a randomized controlled feeding trial

JD Haas, SV Luna, MG Lung'aho, MJ Wenger… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background: Food-based strategies to reduce nutritional iron deficiency have not been
universally successful. Biofortification has the potential to become a sustainable …

Biofortification under climate change: the fight between quality and quantity

A Maqbool, M Abrar, A Bakhsh, S Çalışkan… - … , climate, plant and …, 2020 - Springer
Climate change has been a serious problem in our industrialized world for the last century.
We have faced its devastating effects on the environment, agriculture and human …

Low phytic acid Crops: Observations Based on Four Decades of Research

V Raboy - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
The low phytic acid (lpa), or “low-phytate” seed trait can provide numerous potential benefits
to the nutritional quality of foods and feeds and to the sustainability of agricultural …

Biofortified crops for tackling micronutrient deficiencies–what impact are these having in develo** countries and could they be of relevance within Europe?

S Lockyer, A White, JL Buttriss - Nutrition Bulletin, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The development of crops that by harvest have accumulated higher amounts of a particular
micronutrient than standard crops is known as biofortification. Biofortified staple crops such …

Approaches to reduce zinc and iron deficits in food systems

PJ Gregory, A Wahbi, J Adu-Gyamfi, M Heiling… - Global Food …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is a deficit of mineral micronutrients in global food systems, known as 'hidden hunger',
especially in the global south. This review focuses on zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe), whose entry …