Tag «M.S. Swaminathan»

Global Policymakers Commit to Scaling-Up Nutritious Foods to Reach Millions

Washington D.C., April 16, 2014. Global policymakers, meeting in Kigali earlier this month at the 2nd Global Conference on Biofortification, committed to making biofortified nutritious foods more widely available in order to improve nutrition and health for millions of people around the world. These foods include staples, such as bean, sweet potato, cassava, maize, pearl …

Policymakers to Meet in Kigali on Getting Nutritious Foods to People

Washington D.C., March 27, 2014. On March 31, more than 275 high-level stakeholders from government, business and civil society will converge in Kigali, Rwanda, for a three-day consultation on ‘Getting Nutritious Foods to People.’ Nearly one in three people globally suffers from a lack of essential vitamins and minerals such as vitamin A, zinc and …