Improving selenium status in plant nutrition and quality

Improving selenium status in plant nutrition and quality

Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient for human health due to its antioxidant capabilities. The Se content around the world is highly variable from 0.005 mg kg-1 in areas from China and Finland to 8,000 mg kg-1 in seleniferous soils from Tuva-Russia. However, about one billion of people in the world wide are Se deficient. During the last decade, studies related with strategies for Se biof...

Selenium in Plant and Animal Nutrition

Improving protein content and nutrition quality

Improving Nutrition in Ethiopia through Plant Breeding and Soil Management

s in Conference Proceedings: See Annex 1 Invited Presentations/ Abstracts/ Publications Gender and nutrition sensitization workshop The workshop (reported earlier) which was attended by 120 stakeholders (farmers, male and female, HEWs, Das, and policy/decision makers) provided a number of lessons learned and recommendations for considering gender more carefully when designing, implementing and ...

Seminar on young child nutrition: improving nutrition and health status of young children in indonesia.

The Seminar on Young Child Nutrition: Improving Nutrition and Health Status of Young Children in Indonesia held in Jakarta on November 2009 reviewed the current nutritional and health status of young children in Indonesia and identified key nutrient deficiencies affecting their optimal growth. The continuation of child growth from fetal stage is of paramount importance; and maternal and child h...