In our latest issue of Advances, discover how this everyday food is particularly suited to #biofortification techniques, ranging from conventional plant breeding to modern-day #geneediting, the latter of which now aims to tackle ‘hidden hunger’ and the global challenge of #VitaminD deficiency.

Thanks @citizentvkenya.bsky.social ! @cgiar.org New varieties of sorghum and pearl millet released in collaboration with KALRO-Kenya for farmer benefit. #biofortification #elnino

Elevated CO2 can boost #yields in C3 crops, but also reduces grain mineral levels, esp. of #iron & #zinc and when combined with #drought, warming or low nitrogen. Rising #CO2 levels threaten the #nutrition quality of grains. #Biofortification and other interventions can help: doi.org/10.3389/fpls...

… Fortifying maize, millet & sorghum could reach more people, but industrial fortification pathways do not yet exist.

>> #Biofortification, i.e. fortification of crops through #plantbreeding, could help.

#Nutrition #Micronutrients