Explain how biofortification as a strategy is used for dealing with deficiencies of micronutrients in the developing world
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Biofortification is defined as a process to increase the bioavailability and the concentration of nutrients in crops through both conventional plant breeding and artificial plants breeding. Breeding of crops which has improved nutritional quality is described as doing to improve the content of proteins, oil, vitamins, minerals, and micro-nutrients in crops as a requirement.
Biofortification is a process wherein cost-effective manner micronutrients are delivered to the population who had a limited accessibility to diversified diet options and other inventions of micronutrients.
Agriculture based methodologies are used on a large scale to deal with micro-nutrients deficiencies using plant breeding processes.
Over 20 million people from farming households in the developing countries grow and consume biofortified crops these days.