Zinc is a critical micronutrient essential for metabolic and physiological processes across the soil-plant-animal-human continuum. Almost 17% of the global population is under severe zinc deficiency, specifically residing in Asia and Africa. In India, nearly 39% of soils are zincdeficient, driven by intensive cropping, high reliance on NPK fertilizers, monocropping, limited use of micronutrient fertilizers and organic amendments and soil pH. Moreover, the zinc accumulated in husk of the grains are lost during milling aggravating zinc deficiency in people depending majorly on conventional staple grains. Therefore, it becomes imperative to address zinc deficiency via adopting several methodologies such as diet diversification, biofortification and crop diversification to and achieve nutritional security for the growing population and improving livestock productivity.