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Multiplying the efficiency and impact of biofortification through metabolic engineering.

  • Van Der Straeten D Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium. Dominique.VanDerStraeten@UGent.be.
  • Bhullar NK Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, ETH Zurich, Universitaetstrasse 2, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • De Steur H Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium.
  • Gruissem W Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, ETH Zurich, Universitaetstrasse 2, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • MacKenzie D Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, 63132, USA.
  • Pfeiffer W HarvestPlus c/o IFPRI, Washington, DC, USA.
  • Qaim M Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Goettingen, Platz der Goettinger Sieben 5, 37073, Goettingen, Germany.
  • Slamet-Loedin I International Rice Research Institute, Manila, The Philippines.
  • Strobbe S Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium.
  • Tohme J International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CIAT, Cali, Colombia.
  • Trijatmiko KR International Rice Research Institute, Manila, The Philippines.
  • Vanderschuren H Tropical Crop Improvement Lab, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium.
  • Van Montagu M International Plant Biotechnology Outreach, B-9052, Zwijnaarde, Belgium.
  • Zhang C Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
  • Bouis H International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA. H.Bouis@CGIAR.org.
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  • 2020-10-16
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  • Nature communications. - 2020
Biofortification
Breeding
Crops, Agricultural
Developing Countries
Food Supply
Food, Fortified
Global Health
Humans
Malnutrition
Metabolic Engineering
Micronutrients
Minerals
Oryza
Plants
Plants, Genetically Modified
Policy Making
Provitamins
Sustainable Development
United Nations
Vitamins
English Ending all forms of hunger by 2030, as set forward in the UN-Sustainable Development Goal 2 (UN-SDG2), is a daunting but essential task, given the limited timeline ahead and the negative global health and socio-economic impact of hunger. Malnutrition or hidden hunger due to micronutrient deficiencies affects about one third of the world population and severely jeopardizes economic development. Staple crop biofortification through gene stacking, using a rational combination of conventional breeding and metabolic engineering strategies, should enable a leap forward within the coming decade. A number of specific actions and policy interventions are proposed to reach this goal.
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