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UK aid is helping deliver sustainable food solutions such as supporting the development of iron-biofortified crops, like beans.

This is to tackle hidden hunger, and improve diets where essential vitamins and minerals are missing. More than 2 million farmers, including in Africa and Asia, have been reached with biofortified crops.

Over one billion people experience ‘hidden hunger’ by missing important vitamins and minerals in their diet. One innovative approach the UK supports, HarvestPlus, aims to reduce micronutrient malnutrition in Africa and Asia by developing cost effective biofortified food.

Iron deficiency during childhood and adolescence is a serious problem contributing to impaired physical growth, mental development, and learning capacity. UK aids supports the work of HarvestPlus. It introduces more iron and zinc into diets by breeding it into staple crops, like beans. HarvestPlus aims to distribute beans like this to 200,000 farmers per year.

The UK’s participation theme for Milan Expo 2015 is Grown in Britain & Northern Ireland, led by UKTI with support from seven HM Government Departments.

The Grown in Britain & Northern Ireland global campaign will promote UK capabilities in areas such as creative industries, food and drink, international development, life sciences, technology, agricultural technology and healthcare.

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