relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/11497/
title: Biofortified Pearl Millet Cultivars offer Potential Solution to Tackle Malnutrition in India
creator: Govindaraj, M
creator: Virk, P S
creator: Kannati, A
creator: Cherian, B
creator: Rai, K N
creator: Anderson, M S
creator: Pfeiffer, W H
subject: Pearl Millet
subject: Biofortification
subject: Food and Nutrition
description: Dietary deficiency of micronutrients (iron, zinc, vitamin A), leading to micronutrient malnutrition or hiden hunger, has been recognized as a widespread food-related health problem, affecting more than 2 billion people worldwide (White and Broadley, 2009; Stein 2010; fao,2015; Darnton-Hill and Mkparu, 2015). This is primarily attributable to lack of affordability and access to diversified diet, such as fruits, vegetables and livestock products. As a consequence, women, children and infants, belonging to the poorer section of society are malnourished. In particular, deficiencies of iron and zinc are widespread, leading to numerous adverse health consequences , as they play a vital role in various physiological body functions.
publisher: CAB International
date: 2020
type: Book Section
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/11497/1/Book%20Chapter%20MS%20Kang%20ed%3B%20MG%20et%20al.pdf
identifier:   Govindaraj, M and Virk, P S and Kannati, A and Cherian, B and Rai, K N and Anderson, M S and Pfeiffer, W H  (2020) Biofortified Pearl Millet Cultivars offer Potential Solution to Tackle Malnutrition in India.   In:  Quantitative Genetics, Genomics and Plant Breeding.   CAB International, pp. 385-396.