HarvestPlus and its partners fight hidden hunger worldwide by scaling staple food crops that are bred to be rich in essential vitamins and minerals.
These biofortified, climate-smart crops sustainably improve the health, resilience, and livelihoods of smallholder farming households and low-income consumers, helping to make food systems more nutritious and inclusive.
Twenty Years of Enriching Diets with Biofortification
Over 86 million people in farming families are now eating biofortified foods. Biofortification is one of the many important solutions being implemented by global research partners working together across CGIAR to ensure a food-secure future for all.
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Nutritious Home-Grown School Meals for Malawian children
July 19, 2023
HarvestPlus Recognized for Excellence in Eliminating Hunger and Poverty
July 12, 2023
Aggregation Model Brings Business Opportunities to Rural Bangladeshis
July 6, 2023
Enriching Food Systems With Improved Nutrition: New Initiatives To Add Impact
June 29, 2023
HarvestPlus and Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology Join Forces to Accelerate Biofortification Research in India
June 5, 2023
Championing Sustainable Storage Practices for Healthier Crops in Northern Nigeria
June 5, 2023
Biofortified Crops Around the World
Explore the Global Reach map to see where hundreds of CGIAR/HarvestPlus biofortified varieties are released or in testing.
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The Biofortification Hub
A one-stop shop for tools, resources, and information to support action and innovation by implementers, policymakers, donors, and researchers.
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Advancing Availability of Biofortified Foods for Institutional Markets
To increase access to nutritious food for 1.2 million children in Kenya, Tanzania, and Malawi, HarvestPlus has partnered with AGRA, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation to integrate biofortified vitamin A maize and iron beans into school feeding programs produced by local smallholders.
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