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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2023

Do agronomic approaches aligned to regenerative agriculture improve the micronutrient concentrations of edible portions of crops? A scoping review of evidence.

Muneta Grace Manzeke-Kangara, Edward J M Joy, R Murray Lark, Sally Redfern, Ans Eilander, Martin R Broadley

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Muneta Grace Manzeke-KangaraDivision of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, United Kingdom.
Edward J M JoyRothamsted Research, Department of Sustainable Soils and Crops, Harpenden, United Kingdom.
R Murray LarkDivision of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, United Kingdom.
Sally RedfernUnilever Research and Development, Colworth Science Park, Bedford, United Kingdom.
Ans EilanderUnilever Research and Development, Unilever Foods Innovation Centre, WH Wageningen, Netherlands.
Martin R BroadleyRothamsted Research, Department of Sustainable Soils and Crops, Harpenden, United Kingdom.
Rothamsted Research · GBLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBUnilever Foods Innovation Centre · NLUnilever (United Kingdom) · GBUniversity of Nottingham · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regenerative Agriculture (RA) is used to describe nature-based agronomic approaches that aim to build soil health and crop resilience, minimize negative environmental outcomes, and improve farmer livelihoods. A benefit that is increasingly attributed to crops grown under RA practices is improved nutritional content. However, we do not know the extent to which RA influences crop nutritional quality and under what management approaches and context, can such effects be realized. A scoping review of recent literature (Web of Science, 2000-2021) was carried out to assess the evidence that RA approaches improve crop micronutrient quality. Papers included combinations of agronomic approaches that could be defined as Regenerative: "Organic Inputs" including composts and manures, cover crops, crop rotations, crop residues and biochars; "Reduced Tillage", "Intercropping", "Biostimulants" e.g. arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; plant growth promoting bacteria, and "Irrigation", typically deficit-irrigation and alternate wetting and drying. The crop types reviewed were predetermined covering common sources of food and included: Tomato (

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