Hunger

Fighting ‘Hidden Hunger’ with Fortified Foods | The Youth Cafe

Fighting ‘Hidden Hunger’ with Fortified Foods | The Youth Cafe

By Brenda Wawa

For years, boosting agricultural production was believed to be the solution to world hunger and malnourishment. But years of intensive farming with chemical fertilisers and pesticides has done little to move the needle on food insecurity, health metrics or life expectancy. Today, experts have identified a new kind of hunger-one caused by not lack of food but food that lack essential micronutrients necessary for growth and development.