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Is golden rice biofortified?


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Biofortified :

  1. Biofortified refers to nutritionally enhanced food crops with greater human bioavailability that are designed and grown utilizing current biotechnology techniques, traditional plant breeding, and agronomic practices.
  2. Golden rice is the world's first biofortified food.
  3. This rice variety can synthesize and store ß-carotene throughout seed maturity.
  4. Crops that have been biofortified have a higher nutritional value.

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