Tag: biofortification
How Nutrition-Smart Agriculture Can Help Build Resilience Against the “Three C” Crises of Climate, Conflict and COVID-19
Global: How staple crop biofortification can help bolster food systems resilience in the face of the "Three C's".
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More Health-Giving, Life-Saving Vitamins and Minerals Through Modern Agricultural Techniques Applied To Food Staples
Global: The recent approval in the Philippines of Golden Rice, a variety enriched with pro-vitamin A, adds another long-awaited tool for treating vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs).
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Biofortified Staple Crops: Empowering Smallholder Farmers to be Food System Change Agents
Global: Biofortified crops are empowering smallholder farmers to improve nutritional outcomes/
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Building Nutrition Resilience in the Covid-19 Era
Global: Strengthening nutrition resilience amongst vulnerable populations can protect against future food system and income shocks.
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To End Hidden Hunger, Partnerships Across Sectors for Biofortification are Key
Global: Public-private partnerships are needed to help biofortification reach more people, says HarvestPlus Head of Partnerships.
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Will Brazilian Millennials Look to a Future in the Fields?
Latin America & the Caribbean: The rural workforce in Brazil is getting younger, according to recent research. Meet the Gen-Y agripreneurs changing the face of farming in Brazil.
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Sprouting Grains for Stronger Bones: The Power of Finger Millet
Global: Head of Partnerships at ICRISAT explains the potential that the calcium-rich cereal finger millet has for combatting calcium deficiency around the world.
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Book Review: The First 1,000 Days
Africa & Middle East: Farming First reviews Roger Thurow's book, The First 1,000 Days, a movement that aims to end the devastating effects of malnutrition by focusing on the formative first years of newborns.
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Louis Malassis Prize Shortlist: The Story Behind the Science of Dr. Jan Low
Global: Dr. Low has been nominated for the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Distinguished Scientists. Read more about her work and inspiration.
Read MoreHarvestPlus and the Biofortification of the Seven Key Staple Crops in Africa and Asia
Asia: The diets of the poor in developing countries usually consist of very high amounts of staple foods such as maize, wheat and rice, and few micronutrient-rice foods such as fruits and vegetables. Harvest Plus seeks to reduce micronutrient malnutrition among the poor by breeding and disseminating staple food crops that are high in iron, zinc […]
Read MoreFighting Poor Nutrition with Biofortified Sorghum
Africa & Middle East: Africa continues to slip behind in meeting basic nutritional needs, with sub-Saharan Africa accounting for half the deaths of children under the age of five within the developing world. The Africa Biofortified Sorghum (ABS) project is a public-private consortium that seeks to use biotechnology to develop a more nutritious and easily digestible sorghum that contains […]
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