Auteur : Josette Sheeran
Date : 08 janvier 2009
La crise financière mondiale et la flambée des prix alimentaires ont des répercussions qui varient selon les endroits. Dans ces régions du monde où la famine ne fait que progresser, leur impact se mesure par des estomacs vides et des vies qui s’écroulent. C’est pourquoi, pendant mon récent séjour en Inde, je me suis rendue dans la localité reculée de Chhatarpu, située dans l’Etat central de Madhya Pradesh (MP). J’y suis allé pour me rendre compte par moi-même du fléau qui frappe les populations dans cette partie de l’Inde particulièrement touchée par la famine. Je tenais surtout à écouter le vécu des femmes. Comme c’est toujours le cas dans pareille situation, les femmes sont au premier rang dans la lutte contre la faim.
La situation de l’État de MP en matière de sécurité alimentaire est si critique que, dans le tableau par pays de l’Indice de la faim dans le monde (Global Hunger Index de l’IFPRI), il se positionne entre l’Ethiopie et le Tchad qui sont parmi les 10 pays les plus pauvres du monde. Un tiers des enfants de MP, âgés de moins de cinq ans, souffrent de rachitisme (maigreur excessive par rapport à leur taille) et 60 pour cent d’insuffisance pondérale (maigreur excessive par rapport à leur âge), selon la dernière enquête nationale sur la santé familiale réalisée en Inde.
Chhatarpur, situé sans le nord de l’Etat de MP, est l’une des localités sous l’emprise de la malnutrition. Cette situation est qualifiée d’ « insécurité grave » dans le rapport sur la sécurité dans les zones rurales de l’Inde qui sera publié prochainement et qui est une initiative conjointe du Programme Alimentaire Mondial et de la Fondation MS Swaminathan. Les changements climatiques sembleraient constituer l’une des causes de ce problème. La sécheresse chronique des cinq dernières années a entraîné de mauvaises récoltes et des pertes de bétail, plongeant de nombreux paysans dans la spirale de l’endettement. Une femme du nom de Krishna m’a confié que son mari était au chômage et que leurs terres étaient devenues arides. Ils ont quatre enfants en bas âge qu’ils ont du mal à nourrir. La situation est si critique qu’ils envisagent même de vendre leurs terres afin d’obtenir de l’argent liquide tant indispensable.
Des enfants de Chhatarpur ont, cette année comme l’an passé, succombé à des maladies liées à la faim. Les femmes que j’ai rencontrées m’ont relaté les difficultés accablantes auxquelles elles étaient confrontées au jour le jour pour nourrir leurs enfants. Mon expérience au centre de réhabilitation nutritionnelle, où des enfants malnutris bénéficient de soins médicaux curatifs, m’a beaucoup appris sur les ravages de la famine. Certaines de ces femmes n’avaient pas qu’un enfant mais plusieurs enfants à leur charge. Les mères étaient si occupées par les mille et une tâches que leur impose une famille nombreuse que lorsqu’elles disposaient suffisamment de nourriture, elles n’avaient pas le temps de la préparer convenablement et de nourrir leurs bébés.
Cependant, la malnutrition est bien différente du cancer. Elle ne nécessite pas de nouvelle découverte scientifique comme palliatif. Nous disposons déjà d’outils qui permettent d’éradiquer la faim et l’histoire nous jugera si nous ne les utilisons pas.
De tous les pays, l’Inde a le nombre le plus élevé de malnutris (230 millions). Mais elle fait aussi partie du peloton de tête dans la course vers le développement de technologies innovatrices. Les activités du PAM en Inde consistent à développer un traitement nutritionnel « ingénieux » en faveur des enfants de 6 à 24 mois, précisément le groupe d’âge des enfants du Centre de réhabilitation de Chhatarpur.
Il s’agit d’un aliment prêt à l’emploi composé d’ingrédients tels que les pois chiches et le lait en poudre écrémé enrichi en micronutriments variés. Il existe un créneau important pour ce type de compléments alimentaires nutritionnels en Inde dont le taux de prévalence de la malnutrition infantile est le plus élevé au monde, dépassant même celui de l’Afrique subsaharienne. Cette formule, qui vient s’ajouter à nos instruments de lutte contre la faim, peut être utilisée non seulement pour le traitement curatif des enfants malnutris mais avant tout pour la prévention contre cette dernière.
Ce produit peut être fabriqué localement et à un coût relativement bas, une ration alimentaire quotidienne ne coûtant que cinq roupies (10 cents). A base d’huile, sa préparation ne requiert pas d’eau, garantissant ainsi une durée de conservation plus longue et constituant un produit idéal pour une utilisation dans des endroits où l’hygiène fait défaut. Il ne nécessite aucune cuisson non plus, constituant une fois de plus un produit idéal pour une distribution dans les zones touchées par des catastrophes naturelles. C’est pourquoi, nous l’avons intégré dans notre programme d’aide humanitaire aux victimes du cyclone qui a récemment frappé la Birmanie.
Il a déjà suscité beaucoup d’intérêt dans cette région comme dans d’autres. L’Afghanistan, le Népal et le Bangladesh ont déjà exprimé leur intérêt à intégrer ce produit dans leurs programmes alimentaires nationaux. Lorsque j’en ai présenté un échantillon à l’occasion du Sommet de l’Union Africaine, qui s’est tenu récemment en Ethiopie, le Premier ministre Meles Zenawi a déclaré sont intention de lancer sa production locale dans son propre pays.
Je suis convaincue que nous nous embarquons dans une nouvelle ère de lutte contre la malnutrition. Nous disposons, pour la première fois, d’un éventail de produits capables de fournir le type de « punch » nourrissant indispensable pour attaquer la faim là où elle sévit.
L’enrichissement du riz constitue une autre initiative du PAM en Inde. Le riz enrichi dispose d’un énorme potentiel et pourrait être très utile aux pays comme l’Inde qui compte le plus grand nombre de personnes au monde souffrant de carences en vitamines et en minéraux.
Rien qu’un grain de ce riz enrichi, rajouté à 99 pour cent de grains de riz ordinaire, fournit à un enfant ou un adulte sous alimenté l’ensemble des micronutriments dont il a besoin.
En partenariat avec une compagnie danoise et les autorités d’Orissa, le PAM vient de démarrer un projet pilote pour l’enrichissement de 10.000 tonnes métriques de riz dans cet Etat situé à l’Est de l’Inde. Ce riz sera distribué sur une période de deux ans, dans le cadre d’un programme d’alimentation maternelle et infantile ciblant 250 000 bénéficiaires potentiels. La vision du PAM est de faire du projet d’Orissa une expérience qui servira de modèle au gouvernement indien et lui permettra d’élargir ce projet d’enrichissement du riz aux autres États.
La poudre enrichie en micronutriments constitue un autre traitement nutritionnel sur lequel nous travaillons en Inde. Rajoutée aux aliments cuits, cette poudre, au goût neutre, garantit des repas contenant l’apport quotidien recommandé en vitamines et minéraux. Cette idée innovatrice peut, une fois de plus, être appliquée bien au-delà de l’Inde et de la région de l’Asie du Sud.
Ces réalisations constituent une véritable révolution nutritionnelle, un changement dans notre manière de cibler des besoins et des communautés spécifiques. Nous avons également étudié comment améliorer le statut nutritionnel des personnes atteintes du VIH et du SIDA en Inde. Par le biais d’un partenariat avec une organisation indienne de lutte contre le sida, la National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), le PAM a mis au point un complément alimentaire enrichi appelé « NutriPlus », à base de blé et de soja entier. Les projets-pilotes réalisés dans les Etats d’Orissa et de Tamil Nadu, situé au sud de l’Inde, sont les projets les plus performants dans le traitement nutritionnel de ce segment de la société indienne.
Ces nouveaux produits et initiatives voient le jour à un moment crucial. En cette période de crise financière et de flambée des prix alimentaires, tout le monde essaye de réduire les dépenses autant que possible. La composition nutritionnelle du régime familial est la première à être sacrifiée. Mes expériences au Chhatarpur et dans d’autres régions du monde montrent que, dans le pire des cas, les populations vulnérables réduisaient soit leur nombre de repas soit les portions des aliments. Ces options sont particulièrement pénibles pour les enfants et les bébés qui ont besoin de ces éléments nutritifs et minéraux pour assurer leur croissance et devenir des adultes bien portants et jouissant de toutes leurs facultés physiques et mentales.
Si nous parvenons à cibler les plus vulnérables, notamment les jeunes enfants, par l’application de traitements nutritionnels bien adaptés, dès les premiers mois décisifs de leur vie, nous aurons alors remporté une bataille importante dans la lutte contre la malnutrition.
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Date : 13 septembre 2010, 09:40
To Dear Mrs Josette Sheeran and participants in the FORUM
Please give the comments for this case in Vietnam .
I want the milk for children will be easy : this is food for health
CASE :
Vietnam is in transition period .Some time we don’t know who are right.
I inform in wto forum that : the price of milk for children continues increasing .People complain .The department of price control ( ministry of Finance ) delivery the document 122 about milk’s price control.
I and my mother discuss and made the conclusion: Vietnam should increase the supply side instead of control of price.
I was in India and USSR .The peasants grow cows and goat, buyfalo for milk .Milk is normal food in the life.
We call the experts on the goals and cows racing. Peasants in remote area can take milk for their children .Near city they can sell fresh milk.
This will reduce the price of milk increasing.
Please see what happen in Hanoi –Vietnam
Review the WTO rules for Control of milk’s price
(Tintuc online 13/9/2010 )– 5 Ambassadors in Hanoi USA, Australia, Canada New Zealand,EU send the letter to minister of Finance and line ministries request temporary STOP the document 122 : Control of milk’s price.
The document 122 request since 1/10 /2010 the price for milk’s import for children under 6 should be Regis rated and get permission .
The Ministry of Fianance request Embassy and enterprises show what WTO rule is broken ?
Ministry of Finance will review the WTO rules
Phapluat TPHCM
Thank you for attention
Date : 14 juillet 2010, 09:14
Dear Mrs. Josette Sheeran and participants in the forum.
Since I was small up to now fresh milk is dream for much family in Vietnam . In the past only cold place like Moc Chau Farm, Ba vi Farm, Dalat can produce fresh milk. ( The experience from French persons)
How to produce fresh milk is big question in our community.
We don’t have experience?
We don’t know how to raise goat for milk
Milk is good for children, women and ill persons.
Here is the new about fresh market.
I believe that: any company put trade mark of FRESH MILK in to the Vietnamese market can be rich in the future
Now Powder milk “Ensure gold “get successful in our market
But Fresh milk: still not clear : What trade mark is good ?
You are well came.
Fresh milk market : the customer lost money
(Tin tuc online 11/7/2010 ) : In the conference about fresh milk quality in Competition department –MOIT date 9/7/2010 .PH.D Vu Thi Bach Nga , Head of customer’s protection division said the customers lost money
Mrs. Nga said The data is not correct .In 2008 , the quantity of fresh milk is 262 millions little , but fresh milk sell in market 439 millions little .in 2009 the production of fresh milk is 270 millions, but fresh milk in market 452,8 millions little
The cow herd in Vietnam produce 30% fresh milk in market .60% “ fresh “ is made from Powder milk .So the customers lost money to buy “ fresh milk “
The Ministry of Health is responsible for milk .But the quality still not controlled
Pham Tuyen
Tien Phong
S& T by CThN
Date : 06 juillet 2010, 11:31
Dear Madam Josette Sheeran and participants in the FORUM
During war time, we eat dry vegetable.
Vegetable important food in daily meal
Here is the fact in the Vietnam vegetable market
We worry about vegetable from China - is so big and very cheap? Some body said it have problems with GEN.
We worry
This is the new
Safe vegetable –Still duty
LD 3/7/2010 - The plant’s protection medicine over standards in vegetable is found in market
In Dong Thap , in 6 months 2010 the TEST in 218 examples in Sadec , Hong Ngu city , Cao lanh City they find 151 examples have plant’s protection medicine , and 9 is over standards .
In Kien Giang , TEST in 41 examples , they find 30 to 38 % examples have plant’s protection medicine over standards . This vegetable not only in market but in supper markets Citi mart and Co.op Mart .
In Kien Giang 30% examples in 2 supper markets over standards .And in the safe vegetable fields
This is very small part of fact in some types of medicine .Because limited of TEST points .
S & T by CThN
Date : 23 juin 2010, 11:22
To Dear Madam Josette Sheeran and participants in the FORUM
During my mother and father worked, rice and salt are 2 goods of National Reserve Warehouse .
People can't live without rice and salt .
In harvest they buy to warehouse . They sell when the harvest finished, price increasing .
The rich people keep rice and salt in house .This is indicator of property in Rural area .
In mountan area people don't have enough salt , they got disease.
I don't understand why rice and salt can be not important for human ?
I think here is problems of Advetisment .
This morning I send this acticles to UN market team and webmasters ADB , WB, WTO.
I think in the world so many hungry people : our rice and salt is good for them .
I don't know how the government's advocacy is going on abroad ?
We are poor country , we use Internet .I use Internet .
Thank you for attention and support
Here is the new : YOU ARE WELL CAME TO BUY RICE AND SALT
SGGP online ( 22/6/2010 )
The rice summer – autumn: just starts harvest – Difficult to find the out –put ( Buyers )
People in Cuulong Delta starts cut rice (harvest) 100.000 ha /1,5 millions ha .But now they can’t find the buyers .They worry about lost in harvest
Dong Thap province – people worry about price for rice reduces
Peasant Nguyen Van Ta in Dinh yen commune, Lap Vo district worry “Our family have just do harvest IR50404 with capacity 6,5 tone /ha .One week ago the price is 4200 d / kg .Now 3600 VND / 1 kg, but no body ask to buy .The input is high, with this price we don’t have benefits .If some body pay 3900 VND /1 kg I will sell because we need money
In Hong Ngu district –Dong Thap province they cut 1000 /11.700 ha rice .But out put is difficult .Mr Nguyen Van Buon –Deputy head if Agricultural division of Hong Ngu district said “ The price for rice is low , 3.400 VND / no body buy .We hope pay back input . Now rice for winter –spring left so much .We worry because we don’t have warehouse for keeping rice.
In the Tan Hong district the price for rice lower 100-200 dong /kg
The peasants in Hau Giang starts harvest, they cut 12000 ha/ 70.000 ha rice summer and –autumn, capacity 5,2 tone /ha .But they can’t find out –put .Mr Nguyen Van Dong – Director of Agricultural Department Hau Giang worry: very low speed to sell rice: the dry raw rice is 3500 dong /kg .The fresh rice in field 2800 -3000 d / kg under producing price “
Now The institute of rice in Cuulong Delta : In Cuulong delta about 2 millions tone rice ( winter and spring , summer and autumn harvest ) .They sell rice with low speed , the peasants can keep rice in 2 months .They lack the conditions to keep rice .
Director of Rice institute call peasants dry rice and Waite the higher price.
Theo SGGP Online
Summary and Translated by Che Thuy Nhu
One more salt harvest – with tear
(Agroviet-21/06/2010) With this salt’s price, the more they produce salt, the more they lost money
Hot weather, good conditions for salt production , the capacity increasing 30% .But peasants in Bac Lieu , Ca Mau and Soc Trang the price is very low 450 dong /kg ( 1 USD = 19000 VND )
The salt factory in Bac lieu buy only 10.000 tone salt .100.000 tone left they don’t know where to sell
The Investment to salt production is lost.
The infrastructure in salt’s field Long Dien Tay commune . Dong hai district ( Invest by MARD ) since 2005 up to now still not finish .The WATER PUMP STATION for salt’s fields ( Village Doanh Dien , Dien Hai , Dong hai with investment 5,5 billions VND , finish in 2008 , but now can’t work because not water in the canals
Nguoilaodong
S& T by CThN
Date : 14 mai 2010, 06:57
Dear Josette,
The proposed micronutrient supplements are not reaching the villages in the required quantities. I have a proposal in which several corporates could manufacture a small low cost nutrition bar as a social enterprise on the lines of what Danone of France and Grameen Bank have done in Bangladesh. The Danone solution cannot be replicated in India since it is too large a country and a refrigerated supply chain id required for the fortified yogurt. What surprises me is that large companies like Pepsico which have an established presence in India have not taken this up. They are reaching all villages in India with cold drinks and potato chips. Do let me have your views on this. Regards.
Date : 08 mai 2010, 19:25
Me parece muy bueno el artículo, soy profesora en la Universidad de Talca, Chile, el tema de la crisis alimentaria es una urgencia a abordar desde la innovación y este es un ejemplo claro cuando se hace en pos del desarrollo humano y de valores éticos como la solidaridad en la superación de la pobreza.
Este es un documento que será difundido entre mis estudianes para que amplien sus visiones sobre como la tecnología puede aportar a una sociedad más justa y solidaria, ya que estos temas están siempre asociados más bien a la innovación de herramientas, máquinas sin ver como los conocimientos se aplican en proyección y concresion de soluciones efectivas para acabar con el hambre en nuestro planeta.
Excelente aporte, gracias,
Jéssica Muñoz Pizarro
Docente Area Formación Ciudadana
Universidad de Talca
Chile
Date : 09 avril 2010, 01:15
The catastrophe that India is suffering day by day due to the high levels of malnutrition within its population and the effects of this problem to the most vulnerable social sectors is an essential issue that should be tackled immediately in both international and national frameworks. I am content to read in this blog that new technologies have been develop in order to promote more efficiently the food needed. However, as a volunteer who has worked in the outskirts of Kolkata, and has met similar people suffering and experienced a high grade of frustration as described in this blog, I have been able to realize to what extend people can be invisible to the eyes of institutions. It is essential to remark the fact that civil society needs to get involved in the overcoming of the perennial hunger crisis that affects India. Indian national and local institutions should develop new strategies to promote capacity building within its society. I experienced myself as a member of a local NGO in Kolkata the institutional difficulties in order to design, implement and monitor new projects in the area. An exemplar society based on democracy should promote end enforce the participation and involvement of its own citizens in development issues with no gender discrimination. In fact, gender equality need to be enhanced in all levels of cooperation. As Amartya Sen defends, in the places of India where women’s voice is stronger hunger has tackled more effectively. The response to this extreme problem can longer admit any other action without a stronger involvement of civil society in local, national and international institutional frameworks and the promotion of gender equality within the Indian society.
Date : 05 février 2010, 15:04
Dear Madam Josette Sheeran
In Vietnam people in poor area are hungry after disaster, storms and time to next harvest.
Pri -minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed many decisions to National General Reserve department ( belong to Ministry of Finance ) about give for free rice to people .
To day I see in television every household in Tan Son district - Phu Tho province receive 100 kg rice for free
Rice is good for hungry people . But how about nutrition .Only rice is not enough, special in remote area .
My friend work in JICA has the proposal : RICE + SOYBEAN + Egges + vegetable and Oil to made the nutritions cakes for children and poor.
It will be more effective than rice only .
I think the lessons from India can be apply to Food for poor
The food for diabetes persons in our country are too expensive .
This is one way to have nutrition food for partients suffer from diabetes .
Thank you
Date : 29 janvier 2010, 16:48
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La seguridad alimentaria, es uno de los objetivos sociales de actualidad mas importante en la comunidad europea.
Medidas de la UE establece controles fronterizos para la seguridad alimentaria a los diversos alimentos importados de origen no animal, con la desicion de aumentar la seguridad alimentaria que entra en vigor desde el 26 de enero del 2010
El incremento de los puntos de control esta direccionado a detectar la posible presencia de sustancias o elementos que son riesgo para los seres humanos y animales, como las aflatoxinas en los frutos secos, toxicos en frutas y verduras.y microorganismos patogenos adquiridos en contaminaciones voluntarias o accidentales.
Es en este aspecto "ademas" donde la implementacion del sistema de trazabilidad Escoring System Ag cumple una de las funciones mas importantes establecida por los protocolos internacionales de la trazabilidad, identificando el sistema como unico en el mundo, permitiendo el rastreo en toda la cadena de la produccion mediante los registros de la informacion"Arriba o abajo " disponible para el publico y las autoridades en el momento en que lo requieran via internet,escaneado el codigo de barras alfanumerico data matrix que identifica y que contiene toda la informacion del producto desde su origen al consumidor final.
" Todos los Estados miembros de la UE van a intensificar sus controles fronterizos en una serie de pre-lista de productos-desde los cacahuetes a las frutas y hortalizas originarias de fuera de la UE en un esfuerzo para limitar los posibles daños para la salud humana y animal", dijo un comunicado de la Comisión Europea.
Normas comunes
Las medidas, establecidas en el Reglamento (CE) n º 669/2009, proporcionan por primera vez un conjunto de normas comunes para los controles oficiales de ciertos alimentos de origen no animal. La Directiva cubre también la alimentación animal.
La regulación abarcará documentales, de identidad y físicos. La CE declaró que "los controles de los documentos que acompañan la expedición se llevará a cabo de manera sistemática sobre estos productos en las fronteras de la UE , mientras que los controles físicos se realizarán con una menor frecuencia".
Bruselas reconoce que los Estados miembros necesitan más dinero para llevar a cabo mayor número de inspecciones y los autorizó a "cobrar las tarifas necesarias para cubrir los gastos ocasionados por los controles".
La Directiva establece siete requisitos mínimos que todos los puntos de la CE de entrada deberá tener - incluyendo los niveles de dotación de personal suficiente, las instalaciones de almacenamiento y equipos de descarga. Admitió, podrían plantear dificultades a algunos países y, durante un período de transición durante el que éstas podrían llevarse a cabo de forma incremental.
Anexo 1 de la nueva norma se enumeran los productos alimenticios destinados a ser objeto de examen y aumento de la frecuencia de los "controles físicos y de identidad" - que van de entre 10 y 50 por ciento, dependiendo del producto y país de origen.
La Comisión manifestó su intención de vigilar la aplicación del presente Reglamento de cerca por los Estados miembros. La lista de los productos alimenticios se revisará trimestralmente, sobre la base de informes de los organismos nacionales de alimentación y "la ciencia más recientes disponibles", agregó.
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Date : 12 novembre 2009, 03:44
Dear Mrs Josette Sheeran and participants in the FORUM
I study yours opinion about India women’s experiences : to made the nutrition cakes from local foods .I think this is good example for local Reserve of foods, vegetable for children and help mother over the child malnutrition It help the local malnunition programme is running now under Monitry of health and women union .
- For Food exports the weakness are Vietnam don’t have International standards for ready food export. So some time the low price and throw vegetable, and some time it so expensive: price of Tomato is one case from 2000 VND /1 kg and now this time 15000 VND /1 kg. ( To day 1 USD in black maeket – 20.000 VND)
- For National Reserve Vietnam and UN food Programme: Vietnam has just improved the National Reserve Department in to General National Reserve Office under Ministry of Finance. This is a chance for accept a big food order.
I would like to call attention of consultants and experts to the chance and weakness in the Vietnam food’s market.
Here is one root for solve this question?
Email for contact : general National reserve office under ministry of Finance
khcnbq-dtqg@fpt.vn
Hanoimoi newspaper : 6-11-2009
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ODA 4 millions USD for food programme
TTXVN -Up date 29/10/2009
KTDN – This project belong to Japan ODA to Vietnam.
Date 29/10 in Hanoi, Ambassador Japan in Vietnam Mitsuo Sakaba and Minister Ministry of Finance signed the document “ food project for poor peasants , value ODA 360 millions Yen ( about 4 milions VND )
Project support Vietnamese Government in moderation of Agricultural, high production and sustainable in country and export
The Japan government ensure supply to Vietnam the fund thought selling fertilize .This money will be use for poor peasants
In this meeting ,Ambassador Sakaba hope that the Japan project will help peasants improve the life , and join to the global food security activity
– This project belong to ODA from Japan to Vietnam .
Translated by Che Thuy Nhu
Date : 16 juillet 2009, 19:08
The intiative of rice fortification is inviting, but to do it on a mass scal requires a good deal of global support. India has a well established system of Public Distribution System(PDS) where poor sections are given food items at subisidised rates. If fortified rice can be distributed though this system then it can add strength to the major chunk of younger population of India. India has a high percentage of population in the less than 18 years band which require high nutritional content . The future building blocks of the nation should be strong.
Date : 07 juin 2009, 16:53
Reading this post I feel like going back to reality, as it addresses what remains the most important international problem to tackle. While food prices rise and hunger and undernourishment increase, the WHO is focusing on the undesireable consequences of obesity. With scarce public resources, who would you help first? The starving one or the unhealthily fat? Part of the challenge in global governance is getting priorities right!
Date : 16 mai 2009, 21:30
The root cause of the nutrition challenge is poverty trap - poor people but high fertility rate. I doubt that nutrition technology will cure the problem down to the root. If eradicating hunger is that simple, it had already been addressed long time ago. In my opinion, it needs social science advancement on dynamic complexity of social problem.
Date : 16 mai 2009, 11:16
With support of FAO, U NICEF in 90 years of 20 century , Viet nam accepted the nutrition is important problem in policy .The work started since this time with expanding immunization programme .
Now in side Vietnam society , we do it base on the idea of community and enterprices .
Please read it :
6 millions cups of milk for children in remote area
16/05/2009 07:06
(HNM ) - Statistic of National Nutrition Institute now children accounted 36 % population
Attention is in 8 millions children's under 5 in all country, 25,2 % are malnutrition ( 34% in situation light weight and not enough high ) .Percentage of children are in remote area 35-45% .malnutrition have reason hurry
To share with them , the Vinamilk Company mobilize the campaign 6 millions cups of milk for children in remote area in mass media and in blog .For the first is is successful .Vinamilk put the objective " give all child have 1 cup of milk per day "
Note : HNM is newspaper of Hanoi- Vietnam capital
Date : 07 avril 2009, 13:08
Dear all,
This extremely important subject is well taken up especially the input regarding raising of earning capacity. Never the less provision of Nutrition through innovation is viable and needs to be undertaken for short term or immediate impact.
Mushrooms are extremely nutritious and when dried can provide extra protiens. When mixed with Soya Bean flour they will produce an extremely nutritious biscuit that is very tasty and can easily fit into the diet regimes. School children and expectant mothers or new mothers could benefit from such a diet supplement.
Best Regards
Date : 01 avril 2009, 21:28
Hello, and thanks for this informative post. It's always great to hear about development projects that are working! Readers may also be interested in this blog post about the World Bank's South Asia Development Marketplace, which focuses this year on child malnutrition in the region:
http://youthinkblog.worldbank.org/tackling-child-malnutrition-south-asia
Date : 31 janvier 2009, 03:31
Hello, Greetings!
Day in and day out almost all academicians, economists, scientists, journalists, statesmen, philanthropists ... continue to present the various pathetic situations of malnutrition and Poverty that are widespread in India (and elsewhere too). Each nation, International Organizations, the UN and many NGO's seem to be working hard to "eradicate hunger/ poverty". Yet, the sad results are same: more and more people become poorer and poorer.
India has about 640, 000 dilapidated villages where about 800 + million people live, almost 750 million in these are extremely poor, not capable of earning $2 per day. Incidentally, in a country like India, where people live in Family units, there are about 150 million families whose income would be a paltry $2 per day! This is because only one person would be the real breadwinner. The average minimum cost of a Full Meal (without meat/ poultry, called Vegetarian Food) in India would cost Rs.25 ($0/50). The average "family unit" would be Five people. Such pathetic conditions would dictate that every such family would have to live with less than one meal per day.
The questions are: How long do we tom-tom about this pathetic malnourished conditions of India? How long are we going to subsidize the various "intervention programs" in the name of mitigating poverty? What is the Sustainable solution? Is it possible for Governments in such countries like India to take STERN and concrete measures on war-footing, so that every Village-Family unit could earn at least $2000 per annum?
If we are not able to enhance the Purchasing Power of the village family unit, no amount of interventions and platitudes (and all these rhetoric and statistics) would have any impact on the poor conditions of the villagers!
Date : 28 janvier 2009, 20:56
I really like what you said,
"The point about malnutrition, though, is that it is not like cancer. It does not need some new scientific discovery for us to tackle it. We already have the tools to eradicate hunger and history will judge us if we do not use them."
It's so true. This is a problem that we cannot ignore, because we really do have the right tools to solve it. What we need is for people to recognize this, and put forth a serious effort to make a difference.
Thank you for your insightful article.
Date : 15 janvier 2009, 10:40
I have never been to India but i often saw its name ahead in Hunger and poverty. India is a land of culture besides this there are illiteracy regarding Health and hygiene. First thing to know is Nutritional value of food as we are consuming anything and everything. Everyone is busy with there works and have no time to Check Health Status of their own. Use more and more nutritional food in our diet. Like here in America we have lot more options product like Proleva, Gyms, health care centres. I was incognizant about Antioxidants earlier. Antioxidants repair the damages caused by free radicals. So be healthy and safe.
Date : 14 janvier 2009, 04:44
About Vietnam
The prevention of malnutrition has been a National programme in Vietnam for a long time ago. It receives results in teaching mothers to cook meals for small children with oil and vegatables. The breast feeding programme is stimulated and weigh child every month , check it in the table. The goverment has a population law : allow every family have 1 or 2 children.
In the past , in every family, women buys the food, vegetable and meat when low price and use it when the price is high. Many kinds of dry meals and foods (from Fish and soya ). Every family joins to Food Security policy . In Vietnam you can find many kinds of those foods. The problems are : does it contain enough protein, lipit and gluxit? Is it good for health? We don't have the measurement tools in family .
Sugar and Salt and Fire, sunshine help peasants to keep the food for family .
The new generation like to go to the super market and buy ready food. They spend their time for making money .
My mother's genaration is perfect to do this. She teaches us to do. It saves money for family.
But the SME and poorers don't know how to produce it for many people and selling in market. It is more difficult to sell when the SPS standards are demostrated in our society after join to WTO.
This is the weakness we need to improve.
Now in South Vietnam peasants sell rice at a low price, Basa fish can't export, and near Hanoi raw vegetable selling with very low price . This is conditions for making meals put in to the warehouse.
Government helps poorers in disaster's provinces : to give rice to every family free of charge, without producing it with oil and vegatable.
We do hope every women will learn what to do for family to over came the global financial crisis.
Thank you.
Date : 11 janvier 2009, 13:05
In India, villages like Chhatarpur are quiet common and India is home to the most number of malnutritioned people in the world. Not only poor, even middle income groups and lower middle income groups are also subjected to this nutrition deficiencies. Under global slow down its middle income groups that are going to be hit the most.
The intiative of rice fortification is inviting, but to do it on a mass scal requires a good deal of global support. India has a well established system of Public Distribution System(PDS) where poor sections are given food items at subisidised rates. If fortified rice can be distributed though this system then it can add strength to the major chunk of younger population of India. India has a high percentage of population in the less than 18 years band which require high nutritional content . The future building blocks of the nation should be strong.
There is a huge demand on the productive land for agriculture. More than 140 million hectares of India is under agriculture. But more than 50% has to depend on the vagaries of Monsoons. For better food security better rain water, ground water conservation techniques have to be given a wide publicity. It was already done and received encouraging improvements. The international community can be of great help in guiding the Indian government in designing water conservation Techniques.
The Food security of the worlds largest malnutritioned population is a mammoth task and a serious need of Global Human Community id there
Thanks For the Efforts to UN
Date : 11 janvier 2009, 08:33
Such new products and initiatives come at a crucial moment. In this time of financial crisis and high food prices, people make cut-backs where they can. What goes first is the nutritional content of a family's diet. My experiences in Chhatarpur and elsewhere in the world have shown me that, when push comes to shove, vulnerable people either cut down on the number of meals they eat or reduce the servings of food.
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