A Article on Approach having for Biofortification in Staple Cereal Crop of Content Zinc and Iron

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) aimed to reduce the numbers of the hungry and chronically undernourished to 832 million by 2018, but this did not happen. There are still 806 million hungry people and half the world population is either undernourished or malnourished. The poor and the underdeveloped countries have not made any appreciable progress in improving food and nutritional security bio fortification enriching the nutrition contribution of staple crops through plant breeding is one option. Scientific evidence shows this is technically feasible without compromising productivity. The challenge is to get producers and consumers to accept bio fortified crops and increase their intake of the target nutrients. A crop is a plant that can be grown and harvested for food or profit grains, such as corn, wheat, and rice, are the world's most popular food crops. In fact, these crops are often the basis for food staples. A food staple is a food that makes up the dominant part of a population's diet. Deficiencies of vitamin A, iron, and zinc affect over one-half of the world's population. Progress has been made to control micronutrient deficiencies through supplementation and food fortification, but new approaches are needed, especially to reach the rural poor.