Theogene Dusingizimana

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1 INTRODUCTION Despite substantial improvements in the food security situation, more than 820 million people globally lack sufficient food and many more consume poor-quality diets (Willett et al., 2019). Additionally, more than 2 billion people suffer from hidden hunger (Stevens et al., 2022). Many of the undernourished people are in low- and middle-income countries, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia (FAO et al., 2022).

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