This study shows that foliar calcium (CaCl₂) application significantly improves both yield and nutritional quality in waxy maize.

This factsheet outlines a school feeding initiative in Tanzania’s Kagera region aimed at improving diet quality through fortified and biofortified

This study optimizes a composite flour using bio-fortified maize and iron-rich beans to improve vitamin A and iron intake in young children.

This 2025 Frontiers in Plant Science review synthesizes how nanoparticles (ZnO, SiO₂, TiO₂, Se, Ag, zinc ferrite, and carbon-based NPs), applied vi

The article highlights biofortification as an agricultural strategy to combat global micronutrient deficiencies, particularly in zinc, iron, seleni

The article highlights biofortification as an agricultural strategy to combat global micronutrient deficiencies, particularly in zinc, iron, seleni

This report by HarvestPlus estimates the number of people consuming biofortified foods in 13 countries across Africa and Asia.

This FAO report highlights the collaboration between FAO and HarvestPlus in promoting biofortified crops to combat micronutrient deficiencies.

This review paper explores the role of socio-economic research in the biofortification of staple crops, focusing on its impact on adoption, cost-ef

This issue paper discusses the role of biofortification in addressing micronutrient deficiencies, or "hidden hunger," in low- and middle-income cou

This report compiles two decades of research on biofortification, showcasing its effectiveness in improving nutritional outcomes, particularly for

This study details GAIN and HarvestPlus’s efforts to scale up the production and commercialization of biofortified crops to combat micronutrient de

This comprehensive review explores zinc’s role in human health, highlighting its importance in child growth, immune function, and metabolic health.

This Nigeria-focused report presents findings from the 2021 National Food Consumption and Micronutrient Survey (NFCMS), which provides comprehensiv

This report presents the workforce nutrition programme implemented in Kericho County, Kenya between January 2020 and December 2022 by GAIN and the

This report summarizes the Healthy Diets for Tea Communities programme, a public-private initiative by GAIN and the Ethical Tea Partnership, conduc

This GAIN Working Paper No.

This report evaluates the impact of a nutrition-focused intervention in Kenyan tea-growing communities from 2020 to 2023, conducted by GAIN and the

This review discusses biofortification as a sustainable approach to address global micronutrient deficiencies.

This review examines biofortification as a sustainable strategy to address micronutrient deficiencies in staple crops.

This review discusses biofortification as an agricultural approach aimed at reducing micronutrient deficiencies by enriching staple crops with esse

This study, authored by Elad Tako, Matthew W. Blair, and Raymond P.

Introduction

Ending all forms of hun

A new study shows that 1 in 2 children and 2 in 3 women worldwide affected by micronutrient deficiencies. The 

Using a theory of change (TOC; a simplified definition of how and why an intervention is expected to work) or a programme impact pathway (PIP; a mo

Biofortification of staple crops has the potential to contribute to reducing micronutrient deficiencies by increasing micronutrient intakes.

The Commercialisation of Biofortified Crop (CBC) programme, jointly led by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and HarvestPlus, aims

In 2018, GAIN and HarvestPlus created a partnership with the shared ambition to expand coverage of biofortified nutrient dense&nbs

Summary

This study is the result of a landscape analysis undertaken by Action Against Hunger UK for the Global Al

These manuals have been prepared for those interested in producing and supplying complementary foods.

In 2018, GAIN and HarvestPlus created a partnership with the shared ambition to expand coverage of biofortified nutrient dense foods to a

This paper covers the factors relating to public and private sector commitment to food fortification and crop b

The 44th edition of the UNSCN Nutrition - Food environments: Where people meet the food system - looks at how food env

Biofortification is "the process of increasing the density of vitamins and minerals in a crop through conventional plant breeding or agronomic prac

Sight and Life, DSM, and John Hopkin’s Bloomberg School of Public Health have come together to publish lessons from a four decade partnership.

Chapter 6 of this report from PATH and MQSUN+ focuses on the role that busi

Written by world renowned economists, this paper highlights the cost efficiency of select nutrition interventions and ranks fortification amon