Efficacy of iron-biofortified crops

African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 11879-11892

  Boy, E ^a   Haas, J D ^b   Petry, N ^c   Cercamondi, C I ^d   Gahutu, J B ^e   Mehta, S ^b   Finkelstein, J L ^b   Hurrell, R F ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c Ground Work   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Anemia; Beans; Biofortification; Efficacy; Iron; Nutrition agriculture linkages; Pearl millet; Phytic acid; Polyphenols; Rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019898213     PISSN: 16845358     EISSN: 16845374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.HarvestPlus03     Document Type: Article

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