When it comes to getting crucial micronutrients from crops, it really does depend on where you live. That’s according to new research conducted by a team of universities from the UK, Ethiopia, and Malawi.
Soil samples, like this one being taken in Malawi, were a crucial part of the study Credit: University of Nottingham
The amount of micronutrients people get from the crops that they eat is a type of ‘postcode lottery’ according to new research that has analysed thousands of cereal grains and soils as part of a project to tackle hidden hunger in Malawi and Ethiopia.
A global team led by the University of Nottingham and its Future Food Beacon including academics and researchers from Addis Ababa University (AAU) in Ethiopia and Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) in Malawi, working on the GeoNutrition project, have discovered more about the relation between soils, crops and micronutrient deficiencies among people living there. Their findings hav
The amount of nutrients people get from the crops that they eat is a type of postcode lottery , according to new research that has analysed thousands of cereal grains and soils as part of a project to tackle hidden hunger in Malawi and Ethiopia.
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The amount of nutrients people receive from the crops that they eat is a type of ‘postcode lottery’, according to new analysis of thousands of cereal grains and soils in Malawi and Ethiopia published in