Plant breeding to control zinc deficiency in India: how cost-effective is biofortification?

• Published in: Public health nutrition Vol. 10; no. 5; pp. 492 - 501
• Main Authors: Stein, Alexander J, Nestel, Penelope, Meenakshi, JV, Qaim, Matin, Sachdev, HPS, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.05.2007
• Subjects: administration & dosage; Agriculture; Biofortification; chemistry; Child; Child, Preschool; Cost analysis; Cost of Illness; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Cost-effectiveness; Crops; deficiency; Design standards; Developing countries; dietary minerals; Disability-adjusted life years; Effectiveness; Female; Food consumption; Food fortification; Food, Fortified; functional foods; Health benefits; Health Care Costs; Health Expenditures; human nutrition; Humans; India; Infant; Infant, Newborn; International standards; Iodine; LDCs; Low income groups; Male; Malnutrition; Mathematical analysis; Micronutrient malnutrition; Micronutrients; Morbidity; Mortality; National Health Programs; National Health Programs - organization & administration; New varieties; nutrient deficiencies; Nutrient deficiency; Nutrition; nutritive value; organization & administration; Oryza; Oryza - chemistry; Pharmaceuticals; Plant breeding; Public health; Quality of Life; R&D; Research & development; Response functions; Rice; Rural areas; Surveys; Triticum; Triticum - chemistry; Wheat; Zinc; Zinc - administration & dosage; Zinc - deficiency; Zinc-rich staple crops; India; Micronutrient malnutrition; Plant breeding; Biofortification; Zinc deficiency; Zinc-rich staple crops; Disability-adjusted life years; Cost-effectiveness; Health benefits; India

To estimate the potential impact of zinc biofortification of rice and wheat on public health in India and to evaluate its cost-effectiveness compared with alternative interventions and international standards. The burden of zinc deficiency (ZnD) in India was expressed in disability-adjusted life yea...