Biofortification—Present Scenario, Possibilities and Challenges: A Scientometric Approach

Pooja Srivastav, Mahesh Vutukuru, Gobinath Ravindran () and Mohamed M. Awad ()
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Pooja Srivastav: School of Agriculture, SR University, Warangal 506371, Telangana, India
Mahesh Vutukuru: School of Engineering, SR University, Warangal 506371, Telangana, India
Gobinath Ravindran: School of Engineering, SR University, Warangal 506371, Telangana, India
Mohamed M. Awad: Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 18, 1-21

Abstract: Biofortification refers to the process by which food crops are improved by the application of biotechnology, conventional plant breeding, and agronomic practices to increase the bioavailability of their nutritious components to human consumers. The biofortification of staple crops is a long-term, sustainable solution to address nutritional inadequacies. Thus, it is a practical and cost-effective way to provide micronutrients to communities that have limited access to various meals and other micronutrient therapies. Existing therapies, such as supplementation and industrial food fortification, which are insufficient to eliminate micronutrient deficiencies on their own, are complemented by biofortification. However, biofortification offers two substantial competitive advantages: the capacity to reach underserved rural communities and long-term cost-effectiveness. Biofortified crops can also be used to target rural populations with limited access to various dietary options or other micronutrient therapies. Hence, an attempt is made herein to provide an overview of the biofortification literature by employing scientometric and network analysis tools to examine records extracted from the Scopus database that were published between 2010 and 2021. This study investigates the most influential authors and journals, top-contributing institutions and countries, variations across publication years, co-occurrence analysis of keywords, and bibliographic coupling of sources. The results obtained through this study describe the real impact of the research published to date and its usage.

Keywords: biofortification; scientometric approach; iron deficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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