Other content with the tag "Biofortification".

February 11, 2025

This report by HarvestPlus estimates the number of people consuming biofortified foods in 13 countries across Africa and Asia.

February 11, 2025

This FAO report highlights the collaboration between FAO and HarvestPlus in promoting biofortified crops to combat micronutrient deficiencies.

February 11, 2025

This review paper explores the role of socio-economic research in the biofortification of staple crops, focusing on its impact on adoption, cost-ef

February 11, 2025

This issue paper discusses the role of biofortification in addressing micronutrient deficiencies, or "hidden hunger," in low- and middle-income cou

February 11, 2025

This report compiles two decades of research on biofortification, showcasing its effectiveness in improving nutritional outcomes, particularly for

January 31, 2025

This study details GAIN and HarvestPlus’s efforts to scale up the production and commercialization of biofortified crops to combat micronutrient de

January 31, 2025

This comprehensive review explores zinc’s role in human health, highlighting its importance in child growth, immune function, and metabolic health.

January 31, 2025

This Nigeria-focused report presents findings from the 2021 National Food Consumption and Micronutrient Survey (NFCMS), which provides comprehensiv

January 31, 2025

This report presents the workforce nutrition programme implemented in Kericho County, Kenya between January 2020 and December 2022 by GAIN and the

January 31, 2025

This report summarizes the Healthy Diets for Tea Communities programme, a public-private initiative by GAIN and the Ethical Tea Partnership, conduc

January 31, 2025

This report evaluates the impact of a nutrition-focused intervention in Kenyan tea-growing communities from 2020 to 2023, conducted by GAIN and the

December 13, 2024

This review discusses biofortification as a sustainable approach to address global micronutrient deficiencies.

December 13, 2024

This review examines biofortification as a sustainable strategy to address micronutrient deficiencies in staple crops.

December 13, 2024

This review discusses biofortification as an agricultural approach aimed at reducing micronutrient deficiencies by enriching staple crops with esse

February 10, 2023

Introduction

New Global Estimates of Micronutrient Deficiencies- Hidden Hunger
October 17, 2022

A new study shows that 1 in 2 children and 2 in 3 women worldwide affected by micronutrient deficiencies. The 

August 15, 2022

Using a theory of change (TOC; a simplified definition of how and why an intervention is expected to work) or a programme impact pathway (PIP; a mo

August 15, 2022

Biofortification of staple crops has the potential to contribute to reducing micronutrient deficiencies by increasing micronutrient intakes.

August 15, 2022

The Commercialisation of Biofortified Crop (CBC) programme, jointly led by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and HarvestPlus, aims

May 9, 2022

In 2018, GAIN and HarvestPlus created a partnership with the shared ambition to expand coverage of biofortified nutrient dense foods to

August 23, 2021
Summary

This study is the result of a landscape analysis undertaken by Action Against Hunger UK for the Global Al

July 9, 2020

These manuals have been prepared for those interested in producing and supplying complementary foods.

January 21, 2020

In 2018, GAIN and HarvestPlus created a partnership with the shared ambition to expand coverage of biofortified nutrient dense foods to at least 20

July 22, 2019

This paper covers the factors relating to public and private sector commitment to food fortification and crop b

July 11, 2019

The 44th edition of the UNSCN Nutrition - Food environments: Where people meet the food system - looks at how food environments influence

June 13, 2019

Biofortification is "the process of increasing the density of vitamins and minerals in a crop through conventional plant breeding or agronomic prac

June 7, 2019

Sight and Life, DSM, and John Hopkin’s Bloomberg School of Public Health have come together to publish lessons from a four decade partnership.

May 17, 2019

Chapter 6 of this report from PATH and MQSUN+ focuses on the role that businesses play in

April 15, 2019

Written by world renowned economists, this paper highlights the cost efficiency of select nutrition interventions and ranks fortification among the