Agri-food systems face multiple challenges. They must deal with prevailing structural weaknesses, partly deepened by the disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, civil conflicts, and climate change.
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In the context of evaluating an intervention to introduce provitamin A-rich orange sweet potato in rural Ugandan communities, HarvestPlus and its collaborators conducted surveys of dietary intakes using an interactive, 24-hour recall method (Gibson a
Es sabido que el fitomejoramiento es un juego de números y que la selección de los genotipos requiere de un esfuerzo considerable, tanto en el campo como en el laboratorio.
The manual has been written as a tool for program planners, experienced health professionals, and nutritionists wishing to measure intakes of iron and zinc and evaluate their adequacy in developing countries.
It is well known that plant breeding is a numbers game, and that screening genotypes requires a substantial effort in both the field and the laboratory.
"Bioavailable iron, vitamin A, and zinc are mainly provided in the human diet by animal source foods.
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Biofortification
This brief discusses a new breed of ultra-nourishing crops capable of alleviating malnutrition in even the most hard-to-reach populations—crops such as rice loaded with iron, maize packed with zinc, and wheat strengthened with vitamin A.