🚨NEW🚨We are delighted to share our 2023 Annual Report!
#HPAR2023
The report summarizes the various ways
#biofortification
is being embedded into food systems through collaborations with public, private, and civil society partners.
Download today
@HarvestPlus
. 📗👇
In a world where three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet, our work is making a meaningful contribution in providing healthy and affordable nutritious foods made from biofortified crops to over 330 million people. Please download our 2023 Annual Report to learn the
🍠🌽 Follow our HarvestPlus Zimbabwe WhatsApp channel for the latest updates on
#biofortificationn
, Biofortified crops, and more! 📲Stay informed and inspired. Click the link:
🏫🍛🌱 Last month at the National School Feeding Conference held in Dodoma, Tanzania,
@HarvestPlusTZ
Program Manager, Penina Muoki, PhD, recommended integrating iron and zinc-enriched beans and vitamin A maize into
#SchoolMeals
. More. 👉
#Biofortification
#PMNS
: Visite du dépôt et champ de multiplication des semences bio-fortifiées du PMNS. HarvestPlus optimise les cultures locales avec des variétés bio-fortifiées pour augmenter les revenus des ménages et améliorer la qualité nutritionnelle.
🇧🇷
#Brazil
biofortified released crops include Iron Bean, Iron-Zinc Cowpea, Vitamin A Cassava. Vitamin A Maize, Vitamin A Orange Sweet Potato, and Zinc Wheat, with Zinc Rice in testing phase.
Explore more using
@HarvestPlus
@CGIAR
global map. 👉
🍽️ 🧒🏽 🌱 Another win for
#India
! Recently, Prime Minister
@narendramodi
highlighted the crucial role of child nutrition on an episode of Mann Ki Baat.
The message aligns with our work at
@HarvestPlus
, where we are committed to increasing school children’s access to
🌾
@HarvestPlus
empowers women in Zimbabwe to transform their lives through biofortified crops. Through training in
#nutrition
& agronomic practices, they can increase income.
Learn more:
#GenderInAg
#Rice
is a staple food for over half of the world’s population, with 90 percent grown and consumed in Asia. Due to its high daily consumption, rice is an ideal crop for
@HarvestPlus
to biofortify with zinc to reach a large population.
Learn more. 👉
🌾🔬
@HarvestPlus
and the
@CGIAR
Breeding and Research Service (BRS) recently hosted an insightful three-day workshop on Elemental Analysis Services at the
@ICRISAT
station in Patancheru, India. The focus of the workshop was enhancing the science of elemental analysis in
Banners rolled up, flags flying, & colors ablaze – Team
@HarvestPlusZim
is all geared up & ready to roll! Tomorrow marks the opening of the
#Zim
Agricultural Show.📍 Find us at the vibrant intersection of 2nd Street & 1st Avenue. Let's talk about biofortification together! 🌽👨🌾
🌾🌽🧑🏽🌾Two weeks ago, PM
@narendramodi
unveiled 109 new crop varieties at the India Agricultural Research Institute.
These high-yielding, climate-resilient varieties, including barley, maize, and pearl millet, will boost food security and nutrition across
#India
. This is a win
🇲🇽 🍽️ 🌎 Event alert! The 10th Regional School Meals Forum for Latin America & the Caribbean kicks off in Mexico City from Aug 27-29.
Organized by the Government of Mexico and
@WFP
, this event will spotlight the vital role of sustainable school meal programs in boosting
🌍🌱 From the first vitamin A orange sweet potato in 2004 to 443 biofortified varieties across 41 countries by 2023, the impact has been immense!
Over 330M people benefit from these crops, with 227M nourished through market availability and 103M in farm households.
Explore the
🌟 🇵🇰 Exciting update! We have teamed up with Nutritious Agri Future, the
@UniversityofAg2
, and
@UVAS_Official
. 🤝Two separate tripartite agreements were signed with each university to boost
#biofortification
research, product development, and tech transfer in
#Pakistan
. Our goal