Is Nano-Biofortification the Right Approach for Malnutrition in the Era of COVID-19 and Climate change?

El-Ramady, Hassan and Elmhdy, Shiamaa and Awad, Aya and Nassar, Safa and Osman, Omima and Metwally, Eman and Aly, Eman and Fares, Eman and El-Henawy, Ahmed (2021) Is Nano-Biofortification the Right Approach for Malnutrition in the Era of COVID-19 and Climate change? Egyptian Journal of Soil Science, 61 (2). pp. 141-150. ISSN 2357-0369

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Abstract

Human health may depend on the environment and its compartments, which may include climatic factors. These climatic factors and their changes might impact on human health particularly the outbreak of pandemics like COVID-19. The combined stress resulted from climate changes and COVID-19 could be noticed in several countries especially in the developing countries. Malnutrition is considered one of the most important problems in the developing countries in particular under the droughts, flooding, and other climatic events. Malnutrition was aggravated under COVID-19 outbreak in these countries due to the closure of border between countries, the crisis of global trade, and the global food insecurity. The biofortification process is the sustainable solution to overcome malnutrition, which included very recently using nano-nutrients as called nano-biofortification. The approach of nano-biofortification is a promising tool in producing biofortified edible plants, otherwise this tool still needs more studies to answer the open questions like which nano-nutrients can be used in nano-biofortification? Which recommended doses and crops are considered suitable candidates?

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Open Research Librarians > Agricultural and Food Science
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Date Deposited: 08 Jun 2023 08:41
Last Modified: 25 Jan 2024 04:21
URI: http://stm.e4journal.com/id/eprint/1139

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