Biofortified Varieties of Crops

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Biofortification

Biofortification is a process of improving the nutritional quality of food crops. This can be achieved through agronomic practices, traditional breeding or through biotechnology-based means such as genetic engineering and genome editing.

About Biofortified Varieties

Biofortified varieties refer to crops that have been fortified with the addition of higher levels of essential nutrients such as vitamins and minerals.

These biofortified varieties of crops are rich in nutrients. The 17 recently developed biofortified varieties of 8 crops having up to 3.0-fold increase in nutritional value were dedicated to the Nation by the Prime Minister on the occasion of 75th Anniversary of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 16th October 2020.

Biofortified Varieties of Crops

List of Varieties of Agricultural Crops is mentioned below:

Crop	Variety	Specification
Rice	CR Dhan 315	High Zn
Wheat	- HI 1633 - HD 3298 - DBW 303, DDW 48	- Rich in protein, Fe and Zn - Rich in protein and Fe - Rich in protein
Maize	Ladhowal Quality Protein Maize Hybrid 1, 2 and 3	Rich in lysine and tryptophan
Finger millet	CFMV1 and 2	Rich in Ca, Fe and Zn
Little millet	CLMV1	Rich in Fe and Zn
Mustard	Pusa Mustard 32	Low erucic acid
Groundnut	Girnar 4 and 5	Enhanced oleic acid
Yam	Sri Neelima, DA 340	Enhanced Zn, Fe and anthocyanin content