FAO scales up fight against ‘hidden hunger’

The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations has stepped up efforts to fight “hidden hunger” through bio-fortification of food.

The FAO, through Zimbabwe Livelihoods and Food Security Programme (LSFP), has been promoting production and consumption of bio-fortified products, such as Vitamin A orange Maize (VAM) and high iron and zinc bean varieties since 2016.

In Zimbabwe, official statistics show that nearly one in every five children under the age of five as well as women of childbearing age suffer from “hidden
hunger”.

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