المنتدى العالمي المعني بالأمن الغذائي والتغذية

Private sector and civil societies play a significant role to improve nutrition of the community.

In fact in many countries, they play a bigger role in education, demonstration, training and dissemination of traditional knowledge. Availability of food, access to food by enhanced purchasing power and absorption of nutrients by a receptive and healthy body are three pillars of nutritional security.

Without the active involvement of civil society and private sector, the whole exercise will be ineffective.

The private sector has a social obligation which is further embellished by tax benefits. Rockefeller Foundation funded the much lauded wheat programme in Mexico and India. Ford Foundation, Microsoft, Jamshatjee Tata Foundation etc are a few philanthropic organizations supporting health and nutrition education.

A detailed discussion will be useful to planners, politicians and educationalists.

Dr K V Peter