From plate to plough: Sowing nutrition security

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Bouis, Howarth E.

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Bouis, Howarth E.; and Gulati, Ashok. 2023. From plate to plough: Sowing nutrition security. Financial Express. The Indian Express. https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/sowing-nutrition-security-pm-modi-has-done-well-to-link-biofortification-to-public-food-programmes/2123863/

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On the occasion of World Food Day (October 16), prime minister Narendra Modi issued a commemorative coin of Rs 75 and dedicated 17 bio-fortified varieties of eight crops to the nation to celebrate the establishment of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 75 years ago in 1945.

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Howarth Bouis https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5432-9192

AGROVOC Keywords

biofortification; crops; hunger; micronutrient deficiencies; nutrition; trace elements; agricultural productivity

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Southern Asia; Asia

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