• Session 1: Objectives, outcomes, and trade-offs associated with alternative fertilizer promotion programmes. • Session 2: What determines the cost of fertilizer at the farm gate? Cost build-up analysis (Bumb, g p y (IFDC) • Session 3: Fertilizer profitability analysis (Rashid and Jayne, IFPRI/MSU) • Session 4: Experiences and lessons learned with alternative fertilizer promotion efforts (Mino...

The present literature review examines the following questions: (a) What is the evidence that micronutrient requirements are increased in physically active people? (b) Is there an association between physical activity and micronutrient intake? (c) Are there any significant differences between indices of micronutrient status between physically active and inactive people? The available data sugge...

BACKGROUND The use of conventional breeding techniques and biotechnology to improve the micronutrient quality of staple crops is a new strategy to address micronutrient deficiencies in developing countries. This strategy, referred to as "biofortification," is being developed and implemented through the international alliance of HarvestPlus to improve iron, zinc, and vitamin A status in low-inco...

In order to investigate the effect of drought stress and application chemical biological fertilizers potassium maize cultivars on micronutrient uptake, protein content, proline changes, an experiment was conducted as a split-plot based randomized complete block design with three replications. The main factor levels treatment, irrigation, irrigation cut at 12 leaf stage flowering stage; first su...

Chromium is commonly present in the surroundings as a result of its natural occurrence, human activities from industries and agriculture [1]. Most industrial processes produce metals as byproduct in the ecosystem, and these may end-up in tissues of bird species existing in such natural ecosystems [2]. In most cases, the concentration may be higher than the permissible limit in avian species. Ch...

BACKGROUND The effects of prenatal food and micronutrient supplementation on maternal micronutrient status are not well known. OBJECTIVE We compared the efficacy and effectiveness of 3 different micronutrient supplements on maternal micronutrient status when combined with food supplementation. METHODS In the MINIMat (Maternal and Infant Nutrition Intervention, Matlab) trial in Bangladesh, 4...

Micronutrient deficiencies have been found in obese individuals across age groups worldwide. While the effects of micronutrient deficiencies on human functions have been studied widely in different populations, there is limited information on how these micronutrient deficiencies affect obese populations. An examination of the available literature suggests associations exist between micronutrien...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies is higher in obese individuals compared to normal-weight people, probably because of inadequate eating habits but also due to increased demands among overweight persons, which are underestimated by dietary reference intakes (DRI) intended for the general population. We therefore evaluated the dietary micronutrient intake in obese individua...

The article presents the results of studies, carried out in 2018-2020 soil and climatic conditions viticultural zone South Coast Crimea on wine grape variety ‘Cabernet-Sauvignon’. It was established that double application national chelated micronutrient fertilizers Tiaton Chelaton Extra for foliar dressing grapes contributed to an increase average bunch weight by 9.3-15.3 g (10.3-16.9%), shoot...

Previous studies reported higher antioxidant and mineral micronutrient concentrations in organic compared to conventional wheat flour, but the reasons are poorly understood. Here we report results from a long-term, factorial field experiment designed assess effects of variety choice, supplementary irrigation contrasting fertilization regimes used production on nutritional quality yield spelt gr...