Efficacy of iron-biofortified crops

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.creator.identifierErick Boy: 0000-0002-0271-1725
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.78.harvestplus03en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - HarvestPlus
cg.identifier.publicationRankC
cg.issn1684-5358en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalAfrican Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Developmenten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume17en
dc.contributor.authorBoy, Ericken
dc.contributor.authorHaas, Jere D.en
dc.contributor.authorPetry, Nicolaien
dc.contributor.authorCercamondi, C. I.en
dc.contributor.authorGahutu, Jean B.en
dc.contributor.authorMehta, S.en
dc.contributor.authorFinkelstein, Julia L.en
dc.contributor.authorHurrell, Richard F.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:23:00Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:23:00Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147536
dc.titleEfficacy of iron-biofortified cropsen
dcterms.abstractBiofortification aims to increase the content of micronutrients in staple crops without sacrificing agronomic yield, making the new varieties attractive to farmers. Food staples that provide a major energy supply in low- and middle-income populations are the primary focus. The low genetic variability of iron in the germplasm of most cereal grains is a major obstacle on the path towards nutritional impact with these crops, which is solvable only by turning to transgenic approaches. However, biofortified varieties of common beans and pearl millet have been developed successfully and made available with iron contents as high as 100 mg/kg and 80 mg/kg, respectively, two to five times greater than the levels in the regular varieties. This brief review summarizes the research to date on the bioavailability and efficacy of iron-biofortified crops, highlights their potential and limitations, and discusses the way forward with multiple biofortified crop approaches suitable for diverse cultures and socio-economic milieu. Like post-harvest iron fortification, these biofortified combinations might provide enough iron to meet the additional iron needs of many iron deficient women and children that are not covered at present by their traditional diets.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBoy, Erick; Haas, Jere D.; Petry, Nicolai; Cercamondi CI; Gahutu, Jean B.; Mehta S.; Finkelstein, Julia L.; and Hurrell, Richard F. 2017. Efficacy of iron-biofortified crops. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development. 17(2): 11879-11892. https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.78.HarvestPlus03en
dcterms.extentpp. 11879-11892en
dcterms.issued2017
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherAfrican Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Developmenten
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/5801en
dcterms.subjectpolyphenolsen
dcterms.subjectefficiencyen
dcterms.subjectphytic aciden
dcterms.subjectanaemiaen
dcterms.subjectpearl milleten
dcterms.subjectbiofortificationen
dcterms.subjectriceen
dcterms.subjectbeansen
dcterms.subjectironen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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