Are biofortified staple food crops improving vitamin A and iron status in women and children?: New evidence from efficacy trials

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionLatin America
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.creator.identifierEkin Birol: 0000-0002-1062-1615
cg.creator.identifierErick Boy: 0000-0002-0271-1725
cg.creator.identifierFabiana F. De Moura: 0000-0001-8176-5352
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3945/an.114.006627en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - HarvestPlus
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2161-8313en
cg.issue5en
cg.journalJournal of Learning for Development (JL4D)en
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.volume5en
dc.contributor.authorDe Moura, Fabiana F.en
dc.contributor.authorPalmer, Amanda C.en
dc.contributor.authorFinkelstein, Julia L.en
dc.contributor.authorHaas, Jere D.en
dc.contributor.authorMurray-Kolb, Laura E.en
dc.contributor.authorWenger, Michael J.en
dc.contributor.authorBirol, Ekinen
dc.contributor.authorBoy, Ericken
dc.contributor.authorPeña-Rosas, Juan Pabloen
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-01T02:55:03Zen
dc.date.available2024-08-01T02:55:03Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151053
dc.titleAre biofortified staple food crops improving vitamin A and iron status in women and children?: New evidence from efficacy trialsen
dcterms.abstractBiofortification is the breeding of crops to increase their nutritional value, including increased contents of micronutrients or their precursors. Biofortification aims to increase nutrient levels in crops during plant growth rather than during processing of the crops into foods. Emerging research from 8 human trials conducted in the past decade with staple food crops that have been biofortified by traditional plant breeding methods were presented in this symposium. Specifically, data from 6 efficacy and 2 effectiveness trials were discussed to assess the effects of regular consumption of these enhanced staple crops on improving population vitamin A and iron status and reducing the burden of micronutrient deficiencies in targeted populations living in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. Biofortified food crops appear to have a positive impact on nutritional and functional health outcomes, as the results from the trials suggest. Additional implementation research will be needed to ensure maximization of the beneficial impact of this intervention and a smooth scaling up to make biofortification a sustainable intervention in public health. The challenge for the global health community remains how to take this efficacious intervention and implement at large scale in the real world.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDe Moura, Fabiana F.; Palmer, Amanda C.; Finkelstein, Julia L.; Haas, Jere D.; Murray-Kolb, Laura E.; Wenger, Michael J.; Birol, Ekin; Boy, Erick; and Peña-Rosas, Juan Pablo. 2014. Are biofortified staple food crops improving vitamin A and iron status in women and children? New evidence from efficacy trials. Advances in Nutrition 5(5): 568-570. https://doi.org/10.3945/an.114.006627en
dcterms.extentpp. 568-570en
dcterms.issued2014
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-3.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/4556en
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectbiofortificationen
dcterms.subjectnutritional disordersen
dcterms.subjectnutrient deficienciesen
dcterms.subjectplant breedingen
dcterms.subjectretinolen
dcterms.subjecttrace elementsen
dcterms.subjectnutritive valueen
dcterms.subjectchildrenen
dcterms.subjectironen
dcterms.subjectwomenen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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