Many consequences of climate change undermine the stability of global food systems,
decreasing food security and diet quality, and exposing vulnerable populations to multiple …

Providing the world's population with sufficient and nutritious food through sustainable food
systems is a major challenge of the twenty-first century. Fertilizer use is a major driver of crop …

Climate change is a defining challenge of the 21st century, and this decade is a critical time
for action to mitigate the worst effects on human populations and ecosystems. Plant science …

The relationship between metallic micronutrients and soil microorganisms, and thereby soil
functioning, has been little explored. Here, we investigate the relationship between metallic …

Through diverse roles, zinc determines a greater number of critical life functions than any
other single micronutrient. Beyond the well-recognized importance of zinc for child growth …

Dietary deficiency of selenium is a global health threat related to low selenium
concentrations in crops. Despite the chemical similarity of selenium to the two more …

Iron (Fe) deficiency remains widespread among people in develo** countries. To help
solve this problem, breeders have been attempting to develop maize cultivars with high …

Background Despite concerted efforts to improve diet quality and reduce malnutrition,
micronutrient deficiencies remain widespread globally, especially in low-and middle-income …

Micronutrient malnutrition is a global health challenge affecting almost half of the global
population, causing poor physical and mental development of children and a wide range of …

In recent decades, scarcity of available resources, population growth and the widening in
the consumption of processed foods and of animal origin have made the current food system …