Are Biofortified Staple Food Crops Improving Vitamin A and Iron Status in Women and Children? New Evidence from Efficacy Trials
Open Access
- 1 September 2014
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Advances in Nutrition
- Vol. 5 (5) , 568-570
Abstract
Biofortification is the breeding of crops to increase their nutritional value, including increased contents of micronutrients or their precursors. BiKeywords
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