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Explain how biofortification as a strategy is used for dealing with deficiencies of micronutrients in the developing world.

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Biofortification is a method of breeding crops to increase their nutritional value. This is done by selective breeding of crop plants which are naturally high in nutrients or by genetic modifications whereby inserting genes that are responsible for synthesis of materials in crops plants.
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