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Biofortification is the idea of breeding crops to increase their nutritional value. This can be done either through conventional selective breeding, or through genetic engineering. Biofortification differs from ordinary fortification because it focuses on making plant foods more nutritious as the plants are growing, rather than having nutrients added to the foods when they are being processed.〔Rebecca Bailey, (''‘Biofortifying’ one of the world's primary foods'' ), Retrieved on July 22, 2008〕 This is an improvement on ordinary fortification when it comes to providing nutrients for the rural poor, who rarely have access to commercially fortified foods.〔Yassir Islam, (‘Growing Goodness’ ) in ''Developments'', issue 38, (2007), pp.36-37.〕 As such, biofortification is seen as an upcoming strategy for dealing with deficiencies of micronutrients in the developing world. In the case of iron, WHO estimated that biofortification could help curing the 2 billion people suffering from iron deficiency-induced anemia. ==Methodology==
Plants are bred using one of two main methods:
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