Harnessing Agricultural Technology to Improve the Health of the Poor Biofortified Crops to Combat Micronutrient Deficiency Micronutrient malnutrition: The hidden hunger Malnutrition
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Malnutrition affects nearly half the world’s population. More than 840 million people do not have enough food to meet their basic daily needs. An estimated 2 billion people, who do have enough food, still suffer deficiencies in micronutrients. Mostly women and children in sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean, these people are at risk of disease, premature death, and lower quality of life as a result of nutritional deficiencies in vitamin A, iodine, and iron.
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