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Multiplying the efficiency and impact of biofortification through metabolic engineering.
Van Der Straeten, Dominique; Bhullar, Navreet K.; De Steur, Hans et al.
2020In Nature Communications, 11 (1), p. 5203
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Keywords :
Biofortification/methods; Breeding; Crops, Agricultural/genetics; Developing Countries; Food Supply; Food, Fortified; Global Health; Humans; Malnutrition/prevention & control; Metabolic Engineering/methods; Micronutrients; Minerals; Oryza; Plants/genetics; Plants, Genetically Modified; Policy Making; Provitamins; Sustainable Development/economics/trends; United Nations; Vitamins
Abstract :
[en] Ending all forms of hunger by 2030, as set forward in the UN-Sustainable Development Goal 2 (UN-SDG2), is a daunting but essential task, given the limited timeline ahead and the negative global health and socio-economic impact of hunger. Malnutrition or hidden hunger due to micronutrient deficiencies affects about one third of the world population and severely jeopardizes economic development. Staple crop biofortification through gene stacking, using a rational combination of conventional breeding and metabolic engineering strategies, should enable a leap forward within the coming decade. A number of specific actions and policy interventions are proposed to reach this goal.
Disciplines :
Biotechnology
Author, co-author :
Van Der Straeten, Dominique
Bhullar, Navreet K.
De Steur, Hans
Gruissem, Wilhelm
MacKenzie, Donald
Pfeiffer, Wolfgang
Qaim, Matin
Slamet-Loedin, Inez
Strobbe, Simon
Tohme, Joe
Trijatmiko, Kurniawan Rudi
Vanderschuren, Hervé  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Plant Sciences
Van Montagu, Marc
Zhang, Chunyi
Bouis, Howarth
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Language :
English
Title :
Multiplying the efficiency and impact of biofortification through metabolic engineering.
Publication date :
2020
Journal title :
Nature Communications
eISSN :
2041-1723
Publisher :
Nature Publishing Group, United Kingdom
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Pages :
5203
Peer reviewed :
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