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Food Quality, a Critical Issue

Food Quality, a Critical Issue. Saskia de Pee, Tina van den Briel, Martin Bloem World Food Programme, Rome, Italy. Financial times 25/2/08: High food prices may force aid rationing. WFP warns it considers rationing aid in the face of dramatically rising food prices.

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Food Quality, a Critical Issue

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  1. Food Quality, a Critical Issue Saskia de Pee, Tina van den Briel, Martin Bloem World Food Programme, Rome, Italy

  2. Financial times 25/2/08: High food prices may force aid rationing. WFP warns it considers rationing aid in the face of dramatically rising food prices. • Commodity costs have gone up by 40% since mid 2007, due to • Rising oil and energy prices, affecting the entire food chain • Economic boom in countries such as China and India drives up demand • Bad harvests due to climate and weather changes • Competition between food and fuel (food at fuel prices) • Riots taking place over food prices in several countries • The quality of the diet of the poor will suffer increasingly • Needs of WFP beneficiaries increase and number of people needing food assistance increases

  3. Thus, • Poverty is one of the key determinants of malnutrition • Price of staple food is key determinant of malnutrition rates at population level through indirect effect on non-grain food expenditure (i.e. quality food) of households • But, lower price of staples is not enough to reach MDG-goals, interventions are needed to improve quality of food consumed by these populations • Dramatic increase of price of staple foods seen over past 8 months will result in increase of malnutrition rates across the world

  4. FEEDING BETTER FOOD… WFP Nutrition Strategy Fortified Blended Foods FORTIFICATION 2007 2010 - 2012 20-25% WFP FOOD FORTIFIED 70-100% MICRONUTRIENT NEEDS MET General Food Basket Cereals, Pulses, Legumes, FBF, Vegetable Oil, Salt + micronutrients Specially formulated, fortified foods Micronutrient Powder DSM is playing a critical strategic role in enabling WFP to launch the strategy at the global level.

  5. Challenges • Whole grains (wheat, rice) • Local purchasing (capacity and practice of processing industry) • Tendering system

  6. Distinguishing different forms of malnutrition among young children

  7. Solutions needed for different forms malnutrition among young children

  8. Joint Statement WHO/UNICEF/WFP: Community-based management of severe malnutrition WFP, Internal and External Communication

  9. Fortified Blended Foods (CSB, WSB) • One of the few foods provided in processed form and therefore fortified • Increases weight (for supplementary feeding young children receive it mixed with oil and sugar) • Good protein profile, but no impact on linear growth • High fiber content • Consumption does not reduce anemia, due to low bioavailability of minerals • Therefore, focus on improvements • Dehulling to reduce fiber content • Improving MN specs • Better specification of appropriate target groups • Assess impact of mixing with milk powder for specific groups

  10. Joint Statement WHO/UNICEF/WFP: Preventing and controlling micronutrient deficiencies in populations affected by an emergency

  11. Micronutrient Powder • To increase MN intake of specific target groups: • Underfives that consume too little staple foods • Pregnant and lactating women (PLW) • Entire families when food is consumed from shared plate • Institutional feeding • Where general food fortification is not available • Issues: • Malaria-endemic areas • Provision of other fortified commodities (oil with VA, iodized salt) • Existing interventions for PLW • New commodity, needs explanation

  12. Moderately wasted children and at-risk group of 6-23 mo old children • Awaiting outcome of WHO MM meeting, but meanwhile • Developing RUSF in India • Developing improved CSB with milk/whey powder • Both to be compared with regard to impact on linear growth and MN status to • Plumpy Doz, among moderately wasted children • Nutributter among 6-23 mo old children

  13. Note on costs of production (excl transport and distribution) • RUTF: 3 USD/kg, i.e. 40 USD/child, needs donating • CSB: 0.3 USD/kg, but limited impact • CF or CFS with 20-25 g milk powder/100g: 2.5 USD/kg, but needs are lower, at 20-50 g/d costs are 0.06-0.15 USD/d • MNP: 0.015 USD/dose, 180/yr=0.008 USD/d

  14. Private sector involvement

  15. WFP and Public-Private Partnerships • Private Sector Partners, contribute • Expertise (QA, QC, MN specs, packaging) • CB of local processing industry • Support for programmatic research and pilots • Enhancing capacity of WFP • DSM, GAIN, Unilever, Kemin, TNT

  16. How Public and Private Sector in Development Facilitate WFP’s work • Increased availability of fortified foods facilitates WFP purchasing and obtaining quality products • Where good CF, CFS, MNP are already available and known to the population, their purchasing and distribution by WFP to specific groups will be greatly facilitated

  17. Towards a nutritious meal for all Thank You

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