Zapata-Caldas, E. and Hyman, G. and Pachón, H. and Monserrate, F.A. and Varela, L.V. (2009) Identifying candidate sites for crop biofortification in Latin America: case studies in Colombia, Nicaragua and Bolivia. International Journal of Health Geographics, 8 (29).
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Abstract
Agricultural science can address a population's vitamin, amino acid and mineral malnutrition through biofortification - agronomy, plant breeding and biotechnology to develop crops with high nutrient contents. Biofortified crop varieties should be grown in areas with populations at risk of nutrient deficiency and in areas where the same crop is already grown and consumed. Information on the population at risk of nutrient deficiency is rarely available for subnational administrative units, such as provinces, districts, and municipalities. Nor is this type of information commonly analyzed with data on agricultural production. This project developed a method to identify populations at risk of nutrient deficiency in zones with high crop production, places where biofortification interventions could be targeted
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Crop Improvement > Biotechnology |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Syamala |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2011 05:24 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2011 05:24 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-8-29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/1808 |
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