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oapen-20.500.12657-307932024-03-25T09:51:41Z Hidden Hunger Kimura, Aya Hirata Sociology NGOs food policy asia indonesia women development nutrition Golden rice Micronutrient Wheat flour thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC4 Cultural studies: food and society For decades, NGOs targeting world hunger focused on ensuring that adequate quantities of food were being sent to those in need. In the 1990s, the international food policy community turned its focus to the “hidden hunger” of micronutrient deficiencies, a problem that resulted in two scientific solutions: fortification, the addition of nutrients to processed foods, and biofortification, the modification of crops to produce more nutritious yields. This hidden hunger was presented as a scientific problem to be solved by “experts” and scientifically engineered smart foods rather than through local knowledge, which was deemed unscientific and, hence, irrelevant. In Hidden Hunger, Aya Hirata Kimura explores this recent emphasis on micronutrients and smart foods within the international development community and, in particular, how the voices of women were silenced despite their expertise in food purchasing and preparation. 2018-01-24 23:55 2017-12-01 23:55:55 2020-03-10 03:00:32 2020-04-01T13:13:21Z 2020-04-01T13:13:21Z 2013-01-22 book 642709 OCN: 829387586 9780801467691;9780801467684 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30793 eng application/pdf n/a 642709.pdf Cornell University Press 10.7591/cornell/9780801451645.001.0001 101531 10.7591/cornell/9780801451645.001.0001 06a447d4-1d09-460f-8b1d-3b4b09d64407 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780801467691;9780801467684 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Ithaca, NY 101531 KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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For decades, NGOs targeting world hunger focused on ensuring that adequate quantities of food were being sent to those in need. In the 1990s, the international food policy community turned its focus to the “hidden hunger” of micronutrient deficiencies, a problem that resulted in two scientific solutions: fortification, the addition of nutrients to processed foods, and biofortification, the modification of crops to produce more nutritious yields. This hidden hunger was presented as a scientific problem to be solved by “experts” and scientifically engineered smart foods rather than through local knowledge, which was deemed unscientific and, hence, irrelevant.
In Hidden Hunger, Aya Hirata Kimura explores this recent emphasis on micronutrients and smart foods within the international development community and, in particular, how the voices of women were silenced despite their expertise in food purchasing and preparation.
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