Micronutrient strategies for marginal areas
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2003Metadata
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- Geografi i Bergen [35]
Abstract
Micronutrient deficiencies in human nutrition, especially of iron and zinc, occur often in
marginal mountain regions. The main cause is poverty, resulting in low nutrient diets. Poor
nutrition is one of the main causes of major health problems, especially among children.
However, micronutrient deficiencies are also widespread in the farming systems of the
mountains, leading to depressed crop yields, and reduced nutrition quality of staple crops.
Balanced crop nutrition can at the same time improve crop yields, economy and nutritional
quality. Micronutrient disorders is a peculiar and complicated set of problems, and dealing
with it requires strategies which take into consideration a range of problems regarding
farming systems, knowledge, extension service, technology transfer and economics. The
paper presents a discussion of different strategies.
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University of Bergen. Department of GeographySeries
Geografi i Bergen256