Identifying candidate sites for crop biofortification in Latin America: case studies in Colombia, Nicaragua and Bolivia

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Agricultural science can address a population's vitamin, amino acid and mineral malnutrition through biofortification - agronomy, plant breeding and biotechnology to develop crops with high nutrient contents. Biofortified crop v...

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Main Authors: Monserrate Fredy, Pachón Helena, Hyman Glenn, Zapata-Caldas Emmanuel, Varela Liliana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-05-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Online Access:http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/8/1/29