Lesson 5: Biofortification
Biofortification is the process of adding crucial nutrients to food biologically, by breeding better varieties of crops that people already eat.
Graphic can be found at https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2020.00114 with other interesting information.
Graphic can be found at https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2020.00114 with other interesting information.
Begin by picking one of the 5 case studies to better understand the ways that biofortification has been used in our world.
Go through the information presentation with your teacher or watch the YouTube video. Supplement your study with the video featuring Harvest Plus and the case study featuring biofortified sweet potatoes.
Harvest Plus is an organization that fights hunger with biofortification.