Question

Explain what is meant by biofortification?

Answer 1

Biofortification: It is the process which conventional plant breeding and recombinant DNA technology is used to increase the bioavailability and consentration of nutrients in the crops.

Biofortification has both conventional techniques of plant breeding and genetic modification to increase the vitamins and essential nutrients.

It's main aim is to decrease the malnutrition in the developing countries which do not consume manufactured food products. It increases the micronutrients of food specially in grains.

Problem in biofortification is the cost and time required to assay the nutrients. Biofortification of grains with Zink gives beneficial effects for humans health by helping to overcome malnutrition.

The agronomic biofortification is the easiest, fastest and reach to poorest of poor people who will not have enough money to buy mineral supplements.