[HTML][HTML] Preventing and controlling zinc deficiency across the life course: A call to action

NM Lowe, AG Hall, MR Broadley, J Foley, E Boy… - Advances in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Through diverse roles, zinc determines a greater number of critical life functions than any
other single micronutrient. Beyond the well-recognized importance of zinc for child growth …

[HTML][HTML] Do agronomic approaches aligned to regenerative agriculture improve the micronutrient concentrations of edible portions of crops? A scoping review of …

MG Manzeke-Kangara, EJM Joy, RM Lark… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Regenerative Agriculture (RA) is used to describe nature-based agronomic approaches that
aim to build soil health and crop resilience, minimize negative environmental outcomes, and …

Soil and landscape factors influence geospatial variation in maize grain zinc concentration in Malawi

L Botoman, C Chagumaira, AW Mossa, T Amede… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Dietary zinc (Zn) deficiency is widespread globally, and in particular among people in sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA). In Malawi, dietary sources of Zn are dominated by maize and spatially …

Biofortification of maize with zinc and its effect on human health

H Obaid, RK Shrestha, D Liu, NS Elsayed, J Ni… - Journal of Soil Science …, 2022 - Springer
This review aims to discuss the management approaches of zinc (Zn) fertilization and
breeding efforts for quality maize production in provisioning a healthy human diet …

Doctoral training to support sustainable soil geochemistry research in Africa

MG Manzeke-Kangara, IS Ligowe… - Interface …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Africa's potential for scientific research is not yet being realized, for various reasons
including a lack of researchers in many fields and insufficient funding. Strengthened …

Agronomic biofortification increases grain zinc concentration of maize grown under contrasting soil types in Malawi

L Botoman, JG Chimungu, EH Bailey… - Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc (Zn) deficiency remains a public health problem in Malawi, especially among poor and
marginalized rural populations, linked with low dietary intake of Zn due to consumption of …

Zinc and iron application in conjunction with nitrogen for agronomic biofortification of field crops–a review

A Kaur, G Singh - Crop and Pasture Science, 2022 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Maintaining food and nutritional security for the ever increasing population of the
world is a great chllenge. Zinc and iron are important micronutrients for both human health …

Genetic variation of zinc and iron concentration in normal, provitamin a and quality protein maize under stress and non-stress conditions

N Goredema-Matongera, T Ndhlela, A van Biljon… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The negative impacts of zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) deficiency due to over-reliance on
monotonous cereal-based diets are well-documented. Increasing micronutrient densities in …

Nutrient defect detection in plant leaf imaging analysis using incremental learning approach with multifrequency visible light approach

A Chore, D Thankachan - Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology, 2023 - Springer
Nutrient deficiency during growth is a major cause of reduced yield for wide variety of plants.
Yield can be improved if nutrient levels are regularly checked, and maintained using proper …

An introduction to conducting responsible and reproducible agricultural research

I Sichinga-Ligowe, EJM Joy… - CABI …, 2024 - cabidigitallibrary.org
This article aims to provide researchers with introductory guidance to good practices in the
design, conduct and reporting of agricultural research. This narrative review considers …