FFI and Rockefeller Foundation launch a wheat flour fortification project to combat micronutrient deficiencies in Haryana, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan.
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FFI advances wheat flour fortification efforts in Türkiye with strategic meetings and partnerships during September 2023 trip to Istanbul and Ankara.
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FFI proposes regional food fortification initiative to combat micronutrient deficiencies and improve health outcomes across 21 Pacific Island nations.
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A 2023 FFI analysis found that less than 6% of corn masa products in the United States are fortified with folic acid.
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Mauritius passed mandatory wheat flour fortification legislation in 2023, marking a major public health milestone in the fight against micronutrient deficiencies.
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FFI and its partners, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, are advancing large-scale food fortification by addressing data gaps and making critical information accessible to decision-makers worldwide through two new grants.
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A one-year update on USAID AFFORD, a five-year global initiative led by TechnoServe, FFI, and partners to combat micronutrient deficiencies through large-scale food fortification, focusing on vulnerable worldwide.
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FFI staff attended the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference and the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference to share evidence highlighting the importance of fortification.
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Since its inception in 2002, FFI has partnered in more than 30 countries across the globe to build cereal grain fortification programs.
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The preliminary results of the Haryana Demonstration Project are in—and they are a clear indication that fortification can lead to a healthier future in India.
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FFI and partners are supporting a proposed World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Assembly resolution introduced by the Government of Colombia that calls on all Member States to institute and strengthen large-scale food fortification (LSFF) programs.
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The Malaysia Ministry of Health (MOH) demonstrated renewed dedication in 2022 to scale up and strengthen wheat flour fortification.
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Mauritius first began planning its wheat flour fortification program in 2018 and has since made tremendous progress.
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In 2022, FFI partnered with the Botswana Government, Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to facilitate Botswana’s development of a national food fortification strategy.
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In 2022, FFI was one of four main partners invited to take part in a new USAID initiative: Advancing Food Fortification Opportunities to Reinforce Diets (AFFORD). Funded by USAID as part of Feed the Future, the US Government’s global hunger and food security initiative, USAID AFFORD represents a holistic approach to large-scale food fortification (LSFF) that puts businesses at the core of the solution while strategically engaging with public, private, and civil society sectors.
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From 2007-2021, Smarter Futures, the program under which FFI carries out the majority of its work in Africa, helped make fortification of wheat flour, maize flour, and rice a reality in dozens of countries across the continent.
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In 2021, FFI led efforts in India to engage multi-sector fortification partners to reconsider the country’s current cereal grain standards and fight misinformation.
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On 1 April 2021, FFI and partners held a workshop to refresh millers on their important role in fortification and to connect millers from the private and public sectors with other fortification stakeholders.
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FFI conducted a fortification assessment in Uganda in early 2021 to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic had—and continues to—affect food producers and country commitments to fortify.
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in 2021, the UK updated legislation to include folic acid in its mandatory wheat flour fortification standards.
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