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Towards nutrition security of India with biofortified cereal varieties


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1 ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030
2 ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110 012
3 ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030
4 ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Aggarsain Marg, Karnal 132 001, India
5 All India Coordinated Research Project on Pearl Millet, Mandor, Jodhpur 342 304, India
6 National Institute of Nutrition, Jamai Osmania, Hyderabad 500 007, India
7 ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India
 

Rice and wheat are the major staples contributing more than 75% to food-grain consumption, while maize, pearl millet and sorghum are important alternative cereals in India. Cereal biofortification is one of the promising approaches to alleviate micronutrient malnutrition. Here we present an overview of the efforts towards development of biofortified cereal varieties enhanced with iron, zinc, protein and provitamin-A using conventional breeding approaches, and the possibilities of scaling up and adoption to ease the burden of malnourishment
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C. N. Neeraja
ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030
Firoz Hossain
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110 012
K. Hariprasanna
ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030
Sewa Ram
ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Aggarsain Marg, Karnal 132 001, India
C. Tara Satyavathi
All India Coordinated Research Project on Pearl Millet, Mandor, Jodhpur 342 304, India
L. Longvah
National Institute of Nutrition, Jamai Osmania, Hyderabad 500 007, India
P. Raghu
National Institute of Nutrition, Jamai Osmania, Hyderabad 500 007, India
S. R. Voleti
ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India
R. M. Sundaram
ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India

Abstract


Rice and wheat are the major staples contributing more than 75% to food-grain consumption, while maize, pearl millet and sorghum are important alternative cereals in India. Cereal biofortification is one of the promising approaches to alleviate micronutrient malnutrition. Here we present an overview of the efforts towards development of biofortified cereal varieties enhanced with iron, zinc, protein and provitamin-A using conventional breeding approaches, and the possibilities of scaling up and adoption to ease the burden of malnourishment

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv123%2Fi3%2F271-277