The zinc biofortification component is an important new innovation. Biofortification is the process of growing crops to increase nutritional value from the seed on, Di Gioia explained. It is different ...

According to Google, biofortification a process to nutritionally enhance food crops with increased bioavailability to humans developed and grown using conventional plant breeding, agronomic practices ...

image: Global demand for staple crops like maize, wheat, and rice is on the rise -- making these crops ideal targets for improving nutrition through biofortification. Biofortification is the process ...

As Nigeria seeks to become Africa’s leading producer of biofortified foods through its Growth Enhancement Support Scheme, a myriad of African countries have also embarked on agricultural campaigns to ...

Crop breeders are developing a biofortified wheat that could make proper nutrition easier. Is biofortification the best thing since sliced bread? Well, biofortified wheat could certainly make it ...

The biofortification of plants with iodine represents a promising strategy to alleviate micronutrient deficiencies that affect human health worldwide. By enhancing the capacity of crops to accumulate ...

Purple carrots and black tomatoes may seem like a marketing gimmick, but the real reason behind their development is biofortification, the process of adding extra nutrients to foods. But how are such ...

After decades in development, the Philippines became the first country on July 21st of this year to formally approve the commercial propagation of so-called golden rice. This is a rice strain that has ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. An IAEA technical meeting this week examined new ...

Pradip Poudel, the doctoral student in the Department of Plant Science who spearheaded the research, with pea and sunflower plants shortly after seeds germinated, growing in trays filled with ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When the seeds of plants such as pea and sunflower are biofortified with zinc, the seedlings they quickly produce — harvested as microgreens — could both help to mitigate global ...