The Indian Agricultural Research Institute has introduced several cereal and vegetable crops that are nutritionally rich in vitamins and minerals. What is this kind of breeding called? Write the main objectives with which such breeding programme is carried.

This kind of breeding is called Biofortification.

• Biofortification is a technique of breeding crops with higher levels of nutrients example vitamin, minerals, proteins, fats etc.

Main objectives of the breeding programmes:

• Improve protein content and quality.

• Improve oil content and quality

• Improve vitamin content

• Improve micronutrient and mineral content.

• It is a major technique to improve the food quality.

• Consumption of food with higher healthy nutrient level is a means to improve public health.

• Many varieties of food such as maize hybrid with higher amino acid level, Atlas 66, a wheat variety having high protein content were produced.