Staple crops biofortified with increased vitamins and minerals: considerations for a public health strategy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1390, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 3-13

  Garcia Casal, Maria Nieves ^a   Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo ^a   Giyose, Boitshepo ^b   Bechoff, Aurelie ^c   Blancquaert, Dieter ^c   Birol, Ekin ^c   Bouis, Howarth ^c   Boukerdenna, Hala ^c   Boy, Erick ^c   Brunoro, Neuza ^c   Cakmak, Ismail ^c   Calkins, Sandra ^c   Centeno Tablante, Elizabeth ^c   Crole Rees, Anna ^c   Dary, Omar ^c   De Steur, Hans ^c   Dubock, Adrian ^c   Fanzo, Jessica ^c   Fernandes Nilson, Eduardo ^c   Glass, Sara ^c   Gomez Malave, Heber ^c   Goncalves, Elisabete ^c   Haas, Jere ^c   Oduori, Leonard ^c   Hussein, Laila ^c   Lividini, Keith ^c   Low, Jan ^c   Maziya Dixon, Busie ^c   Manos, Geovania ^c   McLean, Mireille ^c   Meerman, Janice ^c   Mehta, Saurabh ^c   Mejia, Luis ^c   Mesle, Alida ^c   Mendoza, Jery ^c   Moursi, Mourad ^c   Mufandaedza, Jonathan ^c   Onuegbu, Ngozika ^c   Oparinde, Adewale ^c   Pachon, Helena ^c   Pfeiffer, Wolgang ^c   Piñero, Domingo ^c   Ravindhran, Ramalingam ^c   Rupp, Daniel ^c   Stampini, Hercia ^c   Talsma, Elise ^c   Tanumihardjo, Sherry ^c   Termote, Celine ^c   Tohme, Joe ^c   Van Der Straeten, Dominique ^c   Zamora, Gerardo ^c   Zeller, Manfred ^c   more..

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

agronomic; biofortification; genetic modification; minerals; objectives; plant breeding; public health; technical consultation; vitamins

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; MINERAL; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN; ZINC;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOFORTIFICATION; CONSULTATION; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITION; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT SEED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; CROP; FORTIFIED FOOD; NIGERIA; UGANDA; UNITED NATIONS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NIGERIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; UGANDA; UNITED NATIONS; VITAMINS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 85016859688     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13293     Document Type: Article

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