Availability, production, and consumption of crops biofortified by plant breeding: current evidence and future potential

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1390, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 104-114

  Saltzman, Amy ^a   Birol, Ekin ^a   Oparinde, Adewale ^a   Andersson, Meike S ^b   Asare Marfo, Dorene ^a   Diressie, Michael T ^a   Gonzalez, Carolina ^b   Lividini, Keith ^a   Moursi, Mourad ^a   Zeller, Manfred ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

biofortification; biofortification priority index; consumer acceptance; farmer adoption; micronutrient deficiency; nutritional efficacy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOFORTIFICATION; CONSUMER; FOOD CROP; FOOD INTAKE; NUTRITION; PLANT BREEDING; RURAL POPULATION; AGRICULTURE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; CROP; DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; FORTIFIED FOOD; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN;

TRACE ELEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; BIOFORTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; PLANT BREEDING; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 85018803002     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13314     Document Type: Article

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