TANZANIA, June 5 -- Imagine this: You are a parent. You serve your child a full plate of food every day. But what if you are told you that despite the full belly, your child might still be lacking some nutrients, because the diet is not balanced? Thats not a riddle. It is hidden hunger. And according to Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania (PANITA) Executive Director Tumaini Mikindo, this is a national emergency.

Here, he chips in saying: “Malnutrition is a cross-cutting issue,” he explains. “It demands more than the health sector and only 20 per cent of the solution lies there. The other 80 per cent? It is everyone else—agriculture, education, water, sanitation, and economic planning.”

In short: poor nutr...