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The world population is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050, and 11.2 billion by 2100, but agricultural lands will not be able to follow at the same speed. According to the United Nations, every year, 80 million people are added to the world's population. Already one in nine people around the world suffer from hunger, and the only way to feed them is by doubling food production in a sustainable way. To meet this challenge, we must increase food production by 70% to feed the increasing population by the year 2050. Current climate change is putting a great deal of pressure on increasing crop production, which is also a great concern for not only increasing crop yield but to produce grains and vegetables enriched with minerals and essential nutrients. The cause of nutritional deficiencies, apart from an insufficient quantitative and qualitative supply of food, may also include food allergies and intolerances. Considering the global challenges to prevent nutritional deficiencies in different environmental settings, various methods of food fortification may provide, at least partially, solutions to the issue of latent hunger caused by a deficiency of minerals or v

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Author

Mirza Hasanuzzaman; Muhammad Suleman Tahir; Mohsin Tanveer; Adnan Noor Shah

Publisher

Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd Fka Springer Science + Business Media Singapore Pte Ltd

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9789819940905

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Stem