This paper is relevant to the impact areas in the following areas:
| Crops | Not Crop-Specific |
| Traits | Biofortification |
| Countries | Not country-specific |
| Regions | Not region-specific |
| Tags | nutrition |
Biofortification is a process of increasing the density of minerals and vitamins in a food crop through conventional plant breeding, genetic engineering, or agronomic practices (primarily use of fertilizers and foliar sprays). Biofortified staple food crops, when substituted consistently for non-biofortified staple food crops, can generate measurable improvements in human nutrition and health…….
Food Biofortification—Reaping the Benefits of Science to Overcome Hidden Hunger (held on an external server, and so may require additional authentication details)
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