HarvestPlus and its partners fight hidden hunger worldwide by scaling staple food crops that are bred to be rich in essential vitamins and minerals. As a result of these efforts, over 100 million people in farming households are eating biofortified crops.

These biofortified, climate-smart crops sustainably improve the health and livelihoods of smallholder farming households and low-income consumers. Working across CGIAR as part of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), we are helping to make food systems more nutritious and resilient to shocks.

Twenty Years of Enriching Diets with Biofortification

Over 100 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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News & Insights
A Journey from a Struggling Farmer to Biofortification Champion

March 20, 2024

Preventing and Controlling Zinc Deficiency Across the Life Course: A Call to Action

March 19, 2024

Improving Nutrition of School Children and Surrounding Communities in Malawi

March 12, 2024

Women in Biofortification Sustainably Improving Nutrition and Economic Empowerment 

March 8, 2024

Telangana’s First Biofortified Pearl Millet Hybrid Released

March 1, 2024

Zinc-Enriched Wheat Akbar 2019 Emerged as a Mega Variety in Pakistan

February 26, 2024

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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Featured Project

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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