The zinc biofortification component is an important new innovation. Biofortification is the process of growing crops to increase nutritional value from the seed on, Di Gioia explained. It is different ...

Researchers from the John Innes Centre and the Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology are calling for biofortification to play an integrated role in national and international food ...

Pakistan is currently grappling with interconnected challenges of rising poverty, growing food insecurity, escalating undernutrition, and increasing ‘hidden hunger’ — deficiencies of essential ...

Two billion people lack essential vitamins and minerals. One solution for tackling this “hidden hunger” unites agriculture and nutrition to improve the health and livelihoods of smallholder farming ...

New varieties of staple crops are being developed to tackle hunger, under-nutrition and malnutrition and boost farmers’ income.They are available to farmers in 40 countries, according to the ...

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Climate change is no longer just an environmental issue; it has become a direct threat to global food security and human nutrition. Rising temperatures, erratic weather patterns, and increased ...

Bangladesh have self-sufficiency in food security, but nutrition deficiency is still high. About 28 per cent of children aged under 5 in the country do not get enough zinc in their diets. The farm ...