biofortification

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What does biofortification mean?

The process of increasing the nutritional content of the edible portion of plant foods to levels that consistently exceed the average content observed.

Where does biofortification come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English fortification English biofortification From bio- + fortification.

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