Biofortified Crops: A Sustainable Way to Relieve Malnutrition
Virendra Bahadur, Tarkeshwar*
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, A.N.D.U.A.T, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh (224 229), India
Akhilesh Kumar
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, A.N.D.U.A.T, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh (224 229), India
Ankur Singh
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, A.N.D.U.A.T, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh (224 229), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Fatigue, Hidden hunger, Morbidity, Sterility
Abstract
Mineral deficiency is one of the main global challenges to human health for people who live especially in developing and under developed countries. Nearly 2 billion people suffer from iron deficiency, a quarter of the world’s population is suffering from poor zinc intakes, and the magnitudes for vitamin A deficiency are also very high as well. In India, 194.6 million people (World’s highest) live in under-nourished condition where 38.4% children of them are stunted of under 5 years age and 35.7% are underweight and 21.9% of the population of India lives under poverty line which is a critical situation. This reason why it is also known as ‘Hidden hunger’ which results in poor growth and development of children, poor immunity, weakness, fatigue, irritability, hair loss, sterility, morbidity and early age death.
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