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Unravelling the impact of soil types on zinc, iron, and selenium concentrations in grains and straw of wheat/ Amblyopyrum muticum and wheat/ Triticum urartu doubled haploid lines (2024)
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The concentration of mineral nutrients in plants is associated with bioavailabilities of soil mineral nutrients, which are regulated by various soil physio-chemical properties. A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of soil type on... Read More about Unravelling the impact of soil types on zinc, iron, and selenium concentrations in grains and straw of wheat/ Amblyopyrum muticum and wheat/ Triticum urartu doubled haploid lines.

Preventing and Controlling Zinc Deficiency Across the Life Course: A Call to Action (2024)
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Through diverse roles, zinc determines a greater number of critical life functions than any other single micronutrient. Beyond the well-recognized importance of zinc for child growth and resistance to infections, zinc has numerous specific roles cove... Read More about Preventing and Controlling Zinc Deficiency Across the Life Course: A Call to Action.

Heat and salinity stress on the African eggplant F1 Djamba, a Kumba cultivar (2024)
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Climate change is expected to increase soil salinity and heat-wave intensity, duration, and frequency. These stresses, often present in combination, threaten food security as most common crops do not tolerate them. The African eggplant (Solanum aethi... Read More about Heat and salinity stress on the African eggplant F1 Djamba, a Kumba cultivar.

Drought and heatwave affected the African eggplant differently when present in combination than individually (2024)
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Heat waves and drought periods are set to happen more often due to a changing climate, especially in Africa. The African eggplant, Solanum aethiopicum L., is a highly nutritious vegetable crop indigenous to Africa commonly grown by small-holder farme... Read More about Drought and heatwave affected the African eggplant differently when present in combination than individually.

Urine Se concentration poorly predicts plasma Se concentration at sub-district scales in Zimbabwe, limiting its value as a biomarker of population Se status (2024)
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Introduction: The current study investigated the value of urine selenium (Se) concentration as a biomarker of population Se status in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Method: Urine and plasma Se concentrations were measured among children aged 6–59 mont... Read More about Urine Se concentration poorly predicts plasma Se concentration at sub-district scales in Zimbabwe, limiting its value as a biomarker of population Se status.

Mehlich 3 as an indicator of grain nutrient concentration for five cereals in sub-Saharan Africa (2024)
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Context or Problem: Soil testing for available nutrients is an important tool to determine fertilizer rates, however many standard methods test the availability of a single nutrient only. In contrast, Mehlich 3 (M3) is a multi-element test for predic... Read More about Mehlich 3 as an indicator of grain nutrient concentration for five cereals in sub-Saharan Africa.

Differences in the nutritional quality of improved finger millet genotypes in Ethiopia (2024)
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Improved crop genotypes are constantly introduced. However, information on their nutritional quality is generally limited. The present study reports the proximate composition and the concentration and relative bioavailability of minerals of improved... Read More about Differences in the nutritional quality of improved finger millet genotypes in Ethiopia.

Linking soil adsorption-desorption characteristics with grain zinc concentrations and uptake by teff, wheat and maize in different landscape positions in Ethiopia (2023)
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Aim: Zinc deficiencies are widespread in many soils, limiting crop growth and contributing to Zn deficiencies in human diets. This study aimed at understanding soil factors influencing grain Zn concentrations and uptake of crops grown in different la... Read More about Linking soil adsorption-desorption characteristics with grain zinc concentrations and uptake by teff, wheat and maize in different landscape positions in Ethiopia.

Dietary selenium intake among Ethiopian children in areas known for selenium spatial variability (2023)
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Introduction: There is spatial variability of selenium (Se) in soil and crops in Ethiopia. We assessed the Se content of food items, breast milk, and urine among infants in Ethiopia from two areas with contrasting Se concentrations in soils. Methods:... Read More about Dietary selenium intake among Ethiopian children in areas known for selenium spatial variability.

Landscape and Micronutrient Fertilizer Effect on Agro-Fortified Wheat and Teff Grain Nutrient Concentration in Western Amhara (2023)
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Agronomic biofortification, encompassing the use of mineral and organic nutrient resources which improve micronutrient concentrations in staple crops is a potential strategy to promote the production of and access to micronutrient-dense foods at the... Read More about Landscape and Micronutrient Fertilizer Effect on Agro-Fortified Wheat and Teff Grain Nutrient Concentration in Western Amhara.

In Memoriam Philip John White (1960–2023) (2023)
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Effectiveness of Agronomic Biofortification Strategy in Fighting against Hidden Hunger (2023)
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Micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs), also known as hidden hunger, affect more than a quarter of the global population. Agronomic biofortification helps to increase the concentration of a target mineral in food crops and improve human mineral dietary in... Read More about Effectiveness of Agronomic Biofortification Strategy in Fighting against Hidden Hunger.

A pilot survey of selenium status and its geospatial variation among children and women in three rural districts of Zimbabwe (2023)
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Introduction: Selenium (Se) deficiency is increasingly recognized as a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods: The current cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence and geospatial patterns of Se deficiency among children aged 6–5... Read More about A pilot survey of selenium status and its geospatial variation among children and women in three rural districts of Zimbabwe.

Micronutrients and socio-demographic factors were major predictors of anaemia among the Ethiopian population (2023)
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Anemia is characterized by low hemoglobin (Hb) concentration. Despite being a public health concern in Ethiopia, the role of micronutrients and non-nutritional factors as a determinant of Hb concentrations has been inadequately explored. This study f... Read More about Micronutrients and socio-demographic factors were major predictors of anaemia among the Ethiopian population.

Genotypic Response of Finger Millet to Zinc and Iron Agronomic Biofortification, Location and Slope Position towards Yield (2023)
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The present study aimed to investigate the influence of genotypic differences on responses to zinc and iron agronomic biofortification among yields of finger millet. A field experiment was conducted over two seasons in farmers’ fields in Ethiopia (20... Read More about Genotypic Response of Finger Millet to Zinc and Iron Agronomic Biofortification, Location and Slope Position towards Yield.

Impact of zinc and iron agronomic biofortification on grain mineral concentration of finger millet varieties as affected by location and slope (2023)
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Background: Food crop micronutrient concentrations can be enhanced through agronomic biofortification, with the potential to reduce micronutrient deficiencies among rural population if they have access to fertilizers. Here we reported the impact of a... Read More about Impact of zinc and iron agronomic biofortification on grain mineral concentration of finger millet varieties as affected by location and slope.

Anemia in children aged 6–59 months was significantly associated with maternal anemia status in rural Zimbabwe (2022)
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Globally, anemia is a public health problem affecting mostly women of reproductive age (WRA, n=452) and children aged 6–59 months (n=452) from low- and lower-middle-income countries. This cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence and determinants... Read More about Anemia in children aged 6–59 months was significantly associated with maternal anemia status in rural Zimbabwe.

Agronomic biofortification increases grain zinc concentration of maize grown under contrasting soil types in Malawi (2022)
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Zinc (Zn) deficiency remains a public health problem in Malawi, especially among poor and marginalized rural populations, linked with low dietary intake of Zn due to consumption of staple foods that are low in Zn content. The concentration of Zn in s... Read More about Agronomic biofortification increases grain zinc concentration of maize grown under contrasting soil types in Malawi.

Bioaccessibility of iron in pearl millet flour contaminated with different soil types (2022)
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A controlled in-vitro experiment was conducted to determine the bioaccessibility of extrinsic soil iron in pearl millet contaminated with typical Malawian soils. Pearl millet was contaminated with soils at ratios typically encountered in real life. I... Read More about Bioaccessibility of iron in pearl millet flour contaminated with different soil types.

Linkages between soil, crop, livestock, and human selenium status in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review (2022)
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Selenium (Se) is essential for human health, however, data on population Se status and agriculture-nutrition-health linkages are limited in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The scoping review aims to identify linkages between Se in soils/crops, dietary Se i... Read More about Linkages between soil, crop, livestock, and human selenium status in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.