National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Mostly in poorer countries especially Asia and Africa, 2 billion people suffer from micronutrient malnutrition, also known as hidden hunger (WHO and FAO 2006). This is caused by a lack of critical micronutrients such as vitamin A, zinc, and iron in the diet. Globally Zn is now recognized as the fifth major nutrient deficiency. Hidden hunger impairs the mental and physical development of children and adolescents and can result in lower intelligence quotient, stunting, and blindness; women and children are especially vulnerable. Hidden hunger also reduces the productivity of adult men and women due to increased risk of illness and reduced work capacity. In 2008, the Lancet published a landmark series of articles on maternal and child under nutrition highlighting the extent of hidden hunger. Hidden hunger’s enormous consequences, not only to individuals but also to society through reduced economic productivity, have brought more attention to the issue recently. Also in 2008, a panel of noted economists that included five Nobel Laureates, ranked efforts to reduce-hidden hunger among the most cost-effective solutions to global challenges. One of these efforts, Bio-fortification, was ranked fifth.
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