The way forward

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.creator.identifierHowarth Bouis: 0000-0001-5432-9192
cg.creator.identifierAmy Saltzman: 0000-0001-7695-209X
cg.creator.identifierAnna-Marie Ball: 0000-0002-1179-0189
cg.creator.identifierNamukolo Covic: 0000-0001-6566-9803
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.78.harvestplus17en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - HarvestPlus
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankC
cg.issn1684-5358en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalAfrican Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Developmenten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume17en
dc.contributor.authorBouis, Howarth E.en
dc.contributor.authorSaltzman, Amyen
dc.contributor.authorLow, J. W.en
dc.contributor.authorBall, Anna-Marieen
dc.contributor.authorCovic, Namukoloen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:24:53Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:24:53Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148508
dc.titleThe way forwarden
dcterms.abstractBiofortification has made more rapid progress in Africa than in Asia or Latin America. Thus, Africa provides an important first view into learning how to implement biofortification successfully, and its potential to improve nutrition and public health. The preceding articles have summarized the evidence available for biofortification, particularly in the African context. Over the last 15 years, biofortification research demonstrated broadly that:  Conventional breeding can add extra nutrients in the crops without reducing yields.  When consumed, the increase in nutrient levels can make a measurable and significant impact on human nutrition.  Farmers are willing to grow biofortified crops and consumers to eat them. While there remains more to be learned, the biofortification intervention should now be scaled up. To reach full potential, a global effort, with many partners – governments, researchers, private sector actors, civil society organizations, and farmers – is now required to bring more crops to more farmers, changing more lives.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBouis, Howarth E.; Saltzman, Amy; Low, J. W.; Ball, Anna-Marie; Covic, Namukolo. The way forward. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development 17(2): 12130-12141. https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.78.HarvestPlus17en
dcterms.extentpp. 12130-12141en
dcterms.issued2017
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherAfrican Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Developmenten
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/5812en
dcterms.subjectbiofortificationen
dcterms.subjectmicronutrient deficienciesen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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