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Book (series)Food system strategies for preventing micronutrient malnutrition
ESA Working Paper 13-06
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No results found.Micronutrients are defined as substances in foods that are essential for human health and are required in small amounts. They include all of the known vitamins and essential trace minerals. Micronutrient malnutrition affects a third to a half of the global population. It causes untold human suffering and levies huge costs on society in terms of unrealized human potential and lost economic productivity. The goal of this paper is to identify deficiencies in the food system that lead to micronutrient malnutrition and explore and evaluate strategies for its prevention. We examine the impact of agricultural practices on micronutrients in the food supply, including cropping systems, soil fertility and animal agriculture. We then discuss the potential of biofortification –i.e. increasing the concentration of micronutrients in staple food crops through conventional plant breeding or genetic engineering– as a means to reduce micronutrient deficiency. In addition, we discuss the impact of food losses and food waste on micronutrients in the food supply, and we explore successful strategies to preserve micronutrients from farm to plate, including food fortification. Our review of the literature sheds light on the advantages and limitations of alternative interventions to reduce micronutrient deficiencies along the supply chain. We end with recommendations for actions that will reduce the prevalence of micronutrient malnutrition. -
NewsletterImproving Food Security and Nutrition in The Gambia through Food Fortication Newsletter, March 2018 - July 2018, Issue 2 2018
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No results found.The publication is one of the key visibility and advocacy tools for the European Union and FAO co-funded project titled "Improving Food Security and Nutrition in The Gambia through Food Fortification". The four-year project is being implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in close partnership with the Ministries of Health and Agriculture, the National Nutrition Agency (NaNA), National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), Food Technology Service (FTS) under the Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Quality Authority (FSQA), The Gambia Standards Bureau (TGSB), United Purpose (UP) and private sector actors. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare serves as Chair of the Project Steering Committee. The intervention is designed to improve the nutritional and health status of vulnerable populations suffering from micronutrient deficiencies throughout The Gambia. This edition of the newsletter highlights the key activities and achievements in project implementation (from March to July 2018) in the fight against hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty in the target beneficiary communities and the country at large. The newsletter also contains a knowledge sharing segmnent (series) aimed at raising public knowledge and understanding of food security and nutrition related issues. -
NewsletterImproving Food Security and Nutrition in the Gambia through Food Fortication Newsletter, Issue 1, September 2017 - February 2018 2018
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No results found.The publication is one of the key visibility and advocacy tools for the European Union and FAO co-funded project titled "Improving Food Security and Nutrition in The Gambia through Food Fortification". The four-year project is being implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in close partnership with the Ministries of Health and Agriculture, the National Nutrition Agency (NaNA), National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), Food Technology Service (FTS) under the Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Quality Authority (FSQA), The Gambia Standards Bureau (TGSB), United Purpose (UP) and private sector actors. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare serves as Chair of the Project Steering Committee. The intervention is designed to improve the nutritional and health status of vulnerable populations suffering from micronutrient deficiencies throughout The Gambia. This edition of the newsletter highlights the key activities and achievements in the first six motnhs of project implementation in the fight against hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty in the target beneficiary communities and the country at large. The newsletter also contains a knowledge sharing segmnent (series) aimed at raising public knowledge and understanding of food security and nutrition related issues.
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