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Breeding for Enhanced Nutrition and Bio-Active Compounds in Food Legumes

Breeding for Enhanced Nutrition and Bio-Active Compounds in Food Legumes

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AgricultureBotany & HorticultureChemistry

ISBN10: 3030592146
ISBN13: 9783030592141
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jan 19 2021
Pages: 267
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

More than 20 million childhood deaths occur every year due to the micronutrient deficiency and diet-related non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes). The United Nations (UN) recently announced that the increase in chronic, non-communicable diseases has resulted in 36 million deaths around the world annually, claiming more lives than all other causes combined. These chronic diseases are not isolated to developed countries and are even more pronounced in the developing world. Such chronic illnesses have caused far more deaths than infectious diseases throughout the world (except Africa) in recent years. Therefore, enrichment of micronutrients in staple food crops is of paramount importance for the nutritional security in our world. Biofortification is the development of micronutrient- and/or vitamin-rich crops using traditional crop improvement practices as well as modern biotechnology tools. It is a more sustainable and cost effective method than food supplementation, fortification and diet diversification.

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