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Global micronutrient deficiencies

03/01/2017
2 billion people, or one in three people globally, suffer from micronutrient deficiencies (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
Cita 2 mil millones de personas, o una de cada tres personas a nivel mundial, sufren de deficiencias de micronutrientes (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
Fuente Bouis, H.E., & Saltzman, A. (2017). Improving nutrition through biofortification: A review of evidence from HarvestPlus, 2003 through 2016. Global Food Security, 12, 49-58.

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