Год выпуска: 2013 Автор: Sreedevi Shankar Kobaku,Shankar Mekala and Venkateswarlu Bandi Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 116 ISBN: 9783659381904
Описание
Nutrition security is inseparable from food security as the former would not be achievable without solving ‘Calorie Hunger’. It is not only enough to produce more but also necessary to make it affordable to all sections of the society. In order to deliver enhanced nutrition within a food-based system, it is necessary to increase the nutritional value of the food. By enhancing nutrient dense crops, severe deficiencies can be eliminated in developing countries. Hence, one of the ways by which this goal can be achieved is through natural method, possibly with organic farming. There is mounting evidence that organically grown fruits and vegetables and grains may offer more nutrients such as vitamin C, iron, zinc, magnesium, phosphorus than their counterparts grown using chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Therefore an attempt has been made to cultivate selected vegetables both organically and conventionally the comparative study has been carried out with the following general objective...
