Royal DSM, World Vision fight child hunger

Source：DSM Release Date：2013-05-23 113

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Announcing their collaboration at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, Royal DSM and World Vision will help provide nourishment to children in places like Tanzania

Royal DSM is undertaking another mission to feed under-nourished children around the globe, this time with World Vision as its partner. Together these organisations will do their share to bring down the number of children under five – about 165 million worldwide – who are stunted as a result of under nutrition. With their knowledge, resources and reach, the DSM-World Vision partnership aims to make a significant difference in this area by 2016, by fortifying staple foods like maize, wheat and rice with essential micronutrients. Food fortification has been recognised by economists and health experts as one of the safest and most cost-effective ways to improve the nutrition of whole populations

Says Royal DSM's managing board member Stephan Tanda: "As the world's leading producer of vitamins and other micronutrients, we have a clear responsibility to help solve the globe's most solvable problem: hidden hunger. Our partnership with World Vision will help provide nourishment to millions of vulnerable children. We will begin our work together in Tanzania, where we will fortify flour and build local capacity and understanding to provide genuinely sustainable solutions."

The flagship is the Miller's Pride project in Tanzania's Dar es Salaam, which will fortify maize flour with essential micronutrients to feed millions.

Aside from fortifying food, both DSM and World Vision will help millers to build business expertise, improve food safety and increase markets and profits for the millers.

"We believe our unique partnership with DSM will save lives, while improving children's educational achievement and future earning potential," says World Vision International president Kevin Jenkins. "Evidence shows nutrition is the best investment we can make to achievAir Jordan VII 7 Retro

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