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Biofortification: Trojan horse of corporate food control?

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Biofortification of staple crops is seen as Trojan horse for the acceptance of genetically engineered food and further consolidation of corporate control on food and agriculture. Public-led biofortification programmes using conventional breeding provide an entry point for corporate interests in staple food crops in the South. The focus on single-crop systems that narrowed down the dietary base is the same approach being adopted to bring back micronutrients in staple food crops.

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Explores how the biofortification of staple crops could be seen as a Trojan horse for the acceptance of genetically engineered food and further consolidation of corporate control on food and agriculture

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Daño, E. Biofortification: Trojan horse of corporate food control?. Development 57, 201–209 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2014.82

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