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Biofortification | UPSC | SSC | All Competitive Exams

Biofortification What is Biofortification? What are the benefits of Biofortification? Biofortification is the idea of breeding crops to increase their nutritional value. This can be done either through conventional selective breeding, or through genetic engineering. How is biofortification different from traditional fortification? Biofortification differs from ordinary fortification because it focuses on making plant foods more nutritious as the plants are growing, rather than having nutrients added to the foods when they are being processed. Biofortification is a tool to fight the menace of malnutrition around the world. India can use the tool of biofortification as one-third of the malnutritioned population lives in India. India has already developed a lot of biofortified crops.