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Give few examples of bofortified crops . What benefits do they offer to the society?

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Maize , wheat , rice , battua , spinach , pulses have biofortified varieties hybirds have twice the amount of amino acids , fortified wheat variety has high protein content , fortitfied rice has high quantity iron .
Consumption of such biofortitfied foods will nutritive value of our common foods and will vastly improve public health.
Instead of consuming different food iterms for obtaining different nutrients if 2 or 3 nutrients can be incorporated into a single cop , it would offer enomous benefits to human beings and may even help to overcome several nutrient defcient offer enoromous benfits to human being and may even help to overcome several nutrient deficiency disciency disorders latent in our conutry.
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