TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ibba, Maria Itria
AU  - Prakash, Om Gupta
AU  - Velu, Govindan
AU  - Johnson, Alexander Arthur Theodore
AU  - Brinch-Pedersen, Henrik
AU  - Nikolic, Miroslav
AU  - Taleon, Victor
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://rimsi.imsi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1579
AB  - According to the latest FAO report on the state of food security and nutrition in
the world (1), more than 720 million people faced hunger, and around 3 billion people
did not have access to a healthy diet. All these problematics, exacerbated by the current
COVID-19 crisis, led to an increase in the number of people affected by the so-called
hidden hunger, caused by an inadequate intake of essential micronutrients (MNs) such
as iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), selenium (Se) and provitamin A. Biofortification, intended as
the improvement of the nutritional quality of food crops through either conventional
breeding, agronomic practices ormodern biotechnologies, represents a sustainable, costeffective
and long-term approach to alleviate micronutrient-deficiency. Staple crops are
typically the major target of most biofortification studies, given their central role in
human diet. Wheat, specifically, contributes to around 20% of the total energy and
protein intake and to around 30% of the Fe and Zn intake worldwide. However, the
current level of MNs present in most wheat-derived food products is not enough to
meet the minimum daily intake, especially in the poorest regions of the world. For
these reasons, continuing to work on wheat biofortification is fundamental to ensure
the production of nutritious and sustainable food and to contribute to the reduction of
MNs deficiency.
PB  - Frontiers Media
T2  - Frontiers in Nutrition
T1  - Editorial: Wheat biofortification to alleviate global malnutrition
SP  - 1001443
VL  - 9
DO  - 10.3389/fnut.2022.1001443
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Ibba, Maria Itria and Prakash, Om Gupta and Velu, Govindan and Johnson, Alexander Arthur Theodore and Brinch-Pedersen, Henrik and Nikolic, Miroslav and Taleon, Victor",
year = "2022",
abstract = "According to the latest FAO report on the state of food security and nutrition in
the world (1), more than 720 million people faced hunger, and around 3 billion people
did not have access to a healthy diet. All these problematics, exacerbated by the current
COVID-19 crisis, led to an increase in the number of people affected by the so-called
hidden hunger, caused by an inadequate intake of essential micronutrients (MNs) such
as iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), selenium (Se) and provitamin A. Biofortification, intended as
the improvement of the nutritional quality of food crops through either conventional
breeding, agronomic practices ormodern biotechnologies, represents a sustainable, costeffective
and long-term approach to alleviate micronutrient-deficiency. Staple crops are
typically the major target of most biofortification studies, given their central role in
human diet. Wheat, specifically, contributes to around 20% of the total energy and
protein intake and to around 30% of the Fe and Zn intake worldwide. However, the
current level of MNs present in most wheat-derived food products is not enough to
meet the minimum daily intake, especially in the poorest regions of the world. For
these reasons, continuing to work on wheat biofortification is fundamental to ensure
the production of nutritious and sustainable food and to contribute to the reduction of
MNs deficiency.",
publisher = "Frontiers Media",
journal = "Frontiers in Nutrition",
title = "Editorial: Wheat biofortification to alleviate global malnutrition",
pages = "1001443",
volume = "9",
doi = "10.3389/fnut.2022.1001443"
}

Ibba, M. I., Prakash, O. G., Velu, G., Johnson, A. A. T., Brinch-Pedersen, H., Nikolic, M.,& Taleon, V.. (2022). Editorial: Wheat biofortification to alleviate global malnutrition. in Frontiers in Nutrition
Frontiers Media., 9, 1001443.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.1001443

Ibba MI, Prakash OG, Velu G, Johnson AAT, Brinch-Pedersen H, Nikolic M, Taleon V. Editorial: Wheat biofortification to alleviate global malnutrition. in Frontiers in Nutrition. 2022;9:1001443.
doi:10.3389/fnut.2022.1001443 .

Ibba, Maria Itria, Prakash, Om Gupta, Velu, Govindan, Johnson, Alexander Arthur Theodore, Brinch-Pedersen, Henrik, Nikolic, Miroslav, Taleon, Victor, "Editorial: Wheat biofortification to alleviate global malnutrition" in Frontiers in Nutrition, 9 (2022):1001443,
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.1001443 . .