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Biofortification: Progress toward a more nourishing future
Amy Saltzman,Ekin Birol,Howarth E. Bouis,Erick Boy,Fabiana F. De Moura,Yassir Islam,Wolfgang H. Pfeiffer +6 more
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The results of efficacy and effectiveness studies, as well as recent successes in delivery, provide evidence that biofortification is a promising strategy for combating hidden hunger.About:
This article is published in Global Food Security.The article was published on 2013-03-01. It has received 332 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Biofortification.read more
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Nutrition: a quintessential sustainable development goal
Richard Horton,Selina Lo +1 more
TL;DR: As the endpoint of the Millennium Development Goals approaches countries and the international community may agree that nutrition was one of the great missed opportunities of the past 15 years, but this neglect can be turned around quickly.
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Selenium Biofortification: Roles, Mechanisms, Responses and Prospects
Akbar Hossain,Milan Skalicky,Marian Brestic,Marian Brestic,Sagar Maitra,Sukamal Sarkar,Zahoor Ahmad,Hindu Vemuri,Sourav Garai,Mousumi Mondal,Rajan Bhatt,Pardeep Kumar,Pradipta Banerjee,Saikat Saha,Tofazzal Islam,Alison M. Laing +15 more
TL;DR: The role, responses, prospects and mechanisms of trace element selenium in human nutrition are summarized in this paper, where the authors also elaborates how bio-fortification is a plausible approach to resolving Se deficiency in humans and other animals.
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Prediction of carotenoids, cyanide and dry matter contents in fresh cassava root using NIRS and Hunter color techniques.
Teresa Sánchez,Hernán Ceballos,Dominique Dufour,Darwin Ortiz,Nelson Morante,Fernando Calle,T. zum Felde,Moralba García Domínguez,Fabrice Davrieux +8 more
TL;DR: NIRS or chromameter improve selection protocols, allowing faster gains from breeding, and demonstrate that TBC and DMC can be improved simultaneously (required for the adoption of biofortified cassava).
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Carotenoid retention of biofortified provitamin A maize (Zea mays L.) after Zambian traditional methods of milling, cooking and storage.
Luke Mugode,Barbara Ha,Augustine Kaunda,Thelma Sikombe,Sidney Phiri,Raphael Mutale,Christopher R Davis,Sherry A. Tanumihardjo,Fabiana F. De Moura +8 more
TL;DR: Most of the provitamin A degradation in biofortified maize hybrids occurred during storage compared with cooking and the magnitude of this effect varied among genotypes.
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Biofortification of crops with nutrients: factors affecting utilization and storage
Joana Díaz-Gómez,Richard M. Twyman,Changfu Zhu,Gemma Farré,José C. E. Serrano,Manuel Portero-Otin,Pilar Muñoz,Gerhard Sandmann,Teresa Capell,Paul Christou +9 more
TL;DR: The latest studies on the effects of the food matrix, processing and storage on nutrient transfer from biofortified crops are reviewed, as well as current knowledge about nutrient absorption and utilization.
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Biofortification: A New Tool to Reduce Micronutrient Malnutrition
TL;DR: Objective HarvestPlus seeks to develop and distribute varieties of food staples that are high in iron, zinc, and provitamin A through an interdisciplinary, global alliance of scientific institutions and implementing agencies in developing and developed countries.
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Biofortification of Staple Food Crops
TL;DR: Scientific evidence shows biofortification as being important in the armamentarium for controlling micronutrient deficiencies and the challenge is to get producers and consumers to accept biofortified crops and increase their intake of the target nutrients.
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HarvestPlus: Breeding Crops for Better Nutrition
TL;DR: For biofortification to succeed, product profiles developed by plant breeders must be driven by nutrition research and impact objectives and that nutrition research must understand that the probability of success for biofortified crops increases substantially when product concepts consider farmer adoption and, hence, agronomic superiority.
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A Food-Based Approach Introducing Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes Increased Vitamin A Intake and Serum Retinol Concentrations in Young Children in Rural Mozambique
TL;DR: Integrated promotion of orange-fleshed sweet potato can complement other approaches and contribute to increases in vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in rural Mozambique and similar areas in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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β-Carotene–rich orange-fleshed sweet potato improves the vitamin A status of primary school children assessed with the modified-relative-dose-response test
Paul J van Jaarsveld,Mieke Faber,Sherry A. Tanumihardjo,P Nestel,Carl Lombard,Ambrose J Spinnler Benadé +5 more
TL;DR: Consumption of OFSP improves vitamin A status and can play a significant role in developing countries as a viable long-term food-based strategy for controlling vitamin A deficiency in children.
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