The rising population is increasing food demand, yet actual crop production is limited by the
poor efficiency of classical fertilizers. In particular, only about 40–60% of fertilizer nitrogen …

The concept of planetary health acknowledges the links between ecosystems, biodiversity
and human health and well-being. Soil, the critical component of the interconnected …

Environmental stresses including salinity, drought, cold, warmer temperatures, alterations in
precipitation patterns, fluctuations of weather events, and increasing insect and disease …

Fortification of food with mineral micronutrients and micronutrient supplementation occupied
the center stage during the two-year-long Corona Pandemic, highlighting the urgent need to …

Over the past 15 years, biofortification, the process of breeding nutrients into food crops, has
gained ample recognition as a cost-effective, complementary, feasible means of delivering …

ABSTRACT A restricted dietary range and a deficit of essential minerals such as zinc (Zn)
characterize the diets of under-nourished people. Zn deficiency is a global nutritional …

Climate change has been a serious problem in our industrialized world for the last century.
We have faced its devastating effects on the environment, agriculture and human …

Soil depletion with absorbed forms of microelements is a realistic problem leading to the
formation of many human, plant, animal diseases related with micronutrient deficiencies …

Zrt/Irt-like proteins (ZIPs) play fundamental roles in metal metabolism/homeostasis and are
broadly involved in numerous physiological and pathological processes. The lack of high …

Micronutrient deficiencies are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low-and middle-
income countries worldwide. Climate change, characterized by increasing global surface …