Table 7.

Technology efficacy and potential impact of biofortified zinc varieties calculated based on the zinc content of the popular varieties of rice as 13 mg/kg as baseline; RDA of zinc as 12 mg/kg for male and 10 mg/kg for female; zinc intake through rice consumption as 2.9 g/day per person and considering per-capita consumption of rice in India as 220 g/day.

Name of the biofortified rice variety	Additional zinc over baseline zinc content	Gender	RDA with popular varieties (%)	Additional zinc with Biofortification (g/d)	RDA (%)	Efficacy (%)
DRR Dhan 45	9.3	Male	24	4.9	41	54
		Female	29		49	61
DRR Dhan 48	7.9	Male	24	4.6	38	48
		Female	29		46	55
DRR Dhan 49	13.1	Male	24	5.7	47	67
		Female	29		57	75
Surabhi	9.8	Male	24	5.0	42	56
		Female	29		50	63