Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Scientific and technological intervention have significantly contributed to global food security, especially due to the enabling technologies during the so-called Green-revolution era. However, ending all kinds of hunger poses a daunting challenge to fulfill the food and nutritional demands of the ever-growing human population. Hidden hunger also referred as malnutrition is very common problem in the developing countries in Sub-Sahara Africa and South Asia. Consistent with malnutrition, an associated challenge is to improve the health-benefits of food crops to overcome the problems of obesity, type II diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and some types of cancer by developing functional foods. Biofortification of food crops, especially staple crops like rice, wheat and maize by using innovative genomics and breeding technologies should be given priority to overcome this formidable challenge.
Source: NUST Journal of Natural Sciences
Author: Muhammad Adeel Hassan
Institution: Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4402722582