#biofortified — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #biofortified, aggregated by home.social.
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#Biofortified crops are produced by #farmers in 40+ countries & eaten by hundreds of millions of people. The strategy is now recognized by the #nutrition community as an effective approach to reduce #micronutrient deficiencies. This is promising... (1/2) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104478
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Sub-Saharan #Africa: Maize-based #diets without vitamin A #supplementation are linked to high rates of #vitaminA deficiency (#VAD). So far, #maize breeding programs developed 70 #biofortified elite varieties to curb VAD: https://doi.org/10.1079/cabireviews.2023.0041 #nutrition #plantbreeding
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Sub-Saharan #Africa: Maize-based #diets without vitamin A #supplementation are linked to high rates of #vitaminA deficiency (#VAD). So far, #maize breeding programs developed 70 #biofortified elite varieties to curb VAD: https://doi.org/10.1079/cabireviews.2023.0041 #nutrition #plantbreeding