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 ...

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 ...

Two billion people lack essential vitamins and minerals. One solution for tackling this “hidden hunger” unites agriculture and nutrition to improve the health and livelihoods of smallholder farming ...

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 ...

New varieties of staple crops are being developed to tackle hunger, under-nutrition and malnutrition and boost farmers’ income.They are available to farmers in 40 countries, according to the ...

Many people who live in Lira district in northern Uganda consider Perpetua Okao a farmer and a life saver—and it is easy to know why. Her neighbour’s son was malnourished and often sickly. But after ...

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 ...

HYDERABAD, India, Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mordor Intelligence publishes a new research report on the global biofortification market, highlighting its rapid evolution as a cornerstone of ...

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 ...