Soil micronutrient supply and grain quality for human nutrition in selected parts of Morogoro, Tanzania
Abstract
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Soils worldwide have become depleted of micronutrients. This
has resulted in an increase in micronutrient deficiency diseases
for people consuming micronutrient poor foods as a sole source
of nutrition. This study was carried out to determine whether
low-input farming is producing micronutrient deficient foods in
selected areas of Morogoro region of Tanzania. It was found
that some of the soils were not deficient in zinc, iron and copper.
Maize grain was deficient in human dietary zinc and iron when
compared against set targeted levels. Maize grain zinc ranged
from (7.11-43.60)μg/g while the iron ranged from (16.55-39.96)
μg/g.
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