... deficiencies include zinc, iron, iodine, folic acid, vitamin D, and Vitamin E. As maximum population has access to staple food, enrichment of staple food with required micronutrients is one way to fight hidden hunger. In this article, different agricultural strategies like fertilization with micronutrients...

... Abstract The multisectoral Linking Agriculture, Natural Resources and Nutrition (LANN+) approach is centered around family nutrition and has an explicit focus on integrating nutrition sensitive sectoral elements that address underlying and basic causes of malnutrition to achieve nutrition...

... Abstract In Africa and South Asia, where nutrition insecurity is severe, two of the most prominent production technologies are genetically modified (GM) crops and certified organic agriculture. We analyze the potential impact pathways from agricultural production to nutrition. Our review...

... With the understanding that modern agriculture and diets lacking ecological adaptation may have contributed to many of the chronic diseases of civilization [ 2 ], new paradigms of ‘ecological sustainability’ and ‘health-oriented agriculture’ for attaining mutual environmental and human health...

... is rapidly becoming a planet of slums. The physical as well as the food security needs of this other half, which is the broad target group of the UN Millennium Development, urgently needs to be addressed. Few solutions, however, are forthcoming. Urban Design and Urban Agriculture for Healthy Cities...

... The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) plays an important role in the nutritional well-being of the country and throughout the world as part of its leadership role related to the production of food. Part of its mission is to conduct research that helps define an optimal and safe...

... Abstract The National Animal Health Program at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), includes research programs dedicated to the defense of animal agriculture against the treat of biological agents with the potential of significant economic...

... Abstract Fruits and vegetables (F+Vs) can play an important role in combatting the problem of the double burden of malnutrition. Agricultural research can help to increase the productivity and the resource-use efficiency of fruit and vegetable production and, thus, reduce prices so...