Zinc-enriched fertilisers as a potential public health intervention in Africa

By E. Joy, Alexander J. Stein, S. Young, E. Ander, M. Watts, Martin R. Broadley. Plant and Soil, 2015

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Zinc nutrition in wheat-based cropping systems (2017, background): “Application of Zn fertilizer can augment Zn deposition in the endosperm of cereals thus limiting the dietary Zn-deficiency risk to consumers (Cakmak et al. 2010a; Joy et al. 2015b).”
QTL mapping for grain zinc and iron concentrations and zinc efficiency in a tetraploid and hexaploid wheat mapping populations (2017, background): “Zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) deficiencies are increasing concern worldwide affecting greatly human health and caused mainly by reduced dietary intake (White and Broadley 2009; Cakmak et al. 2010; Joy et al. 2015).”
Approaches to reduce zinc and iron deficits in food systems (2017, background): “…Cost per DALY saved (US $) Notes Source Granular fertilizer 773-6457 sub-Saharan Africa Joy et al., 2015c Foliar fertilizer 81-575 sub-Saharan Africa Joy et al., 2015c Soil + foliar fertilizer 256-549 Pakistan (Punjab and Sindh Provinces) Joy et al., 2016a Foliar (with pesticide) 41-594 China…”
Agronomic biofortification of cereals with zinc: a review (2018, background): “Based on the meta-analysis of published data, Joy et al. (2015) reported that foliar Zn application is a cost-effective strategy to improve grain Zn in cereal crops, and the costs associated with foliar Zn treatments seem to be similar to the cost of flour fortification with Zn.”