In Bolivia and Peru, traditional grains such as quinoa, amaranth and cañihua, which are highly nutritious and have been cultivated for thousands of years in the high altitude plains, are being displaced by global cereal crops such as wheat and maize.
Lack of improved varieties, arduous cultivati...
Some 2 billion people suffer from hidden hunger caused by infections and
diets lacking in essential micronutrients such as vitamin A, iron, and zinc.
This is particularly the case in the developing world, where diets mainly
consist of starchy staples and not enough nutrient-rich foods such as fru...
Kennedy, G.
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Moursi, M.
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[Dietary diversity and biofortification: closer than you think]
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Dietary diversity and biofortification: closer than you think
With funding from the Harvestplus Challenge program, Bioversity International carried out germplasm screening for over 400 accessions from different regions. The objective was to identify proteins and enzymes responsible for the accumulation of pVACs in the fruit and establish the vitamin A level...
International Potato Center
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[Fighting malnutrition with iron and zinc biofortified potatoes.]
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Fighting malnutrition with iron and zinc biofortified potatoes.
Traditional crops cultivated and consumed over generationsare important components of agrobiodiversity and support dietary diversity, productivity and livelihoods of marginalized populations in Nepal. This paper outlines the value of traditional nutrient dense crops to promote nutrition sensitive...
Gauchan, D.
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[Exploiting biodiversity of traditional crops for mainstreaming nutrition sensitive agriculture in Nepal]
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Exploiting biodiversity of traditional crops for mainstreaming nutrition sensitive agriculture in Nepal
International Potato Center
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[Scaling Up Sweetpotato through Agriculture and Nutrition. Outcome Brief]
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Scaling Up Sweetpotato through Agriculture and Nutrition. Outcome Brief
Bioversity International, with support from the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, is launching a unique initiative to improve nutrition intervention programmes by providing reliable and quality food consumption data for better informed decision-making. The initiative also ...
Morimoto, Y.
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Maundu, P.
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Otieno, I.
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Franic, M.
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[A new initiative for better decision-making in nutrition interventions]
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A new initiative for better decision-making in nutrition interventions
Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International
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[Lessons learned from the content development stream of the mNutrition initiative: End-user feedback and its role in producing high-quality localized content]
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Lessons learned from the content development stream of the mNutrition initiative: End-user feedback and its role in producing high-quality localized content