date:Jan 29, 2019
gut following digestion. Ultimately the biofortified cassava could provide 40-50 percent of Estimated Average Requirements (EAR) for iron and 60-70 percent of EAR for zinc for children and women in West Africa.
Biofortified cassava has the potential to improve the nutrition and health of millions of people in West Africa, said Taylor. The higher iron and zinc would be present in every root harvested from these special plants, and therefore in every bite of food prepared from them.
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