Senegal: Senegal and WFP Launch Fortified Rice Programme to Enhance School Meals and Boost Nutrition

[WFP] Matam — The Government of Senegal and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched the distribution of fortified rice in schools to address micronutrient deficiencies, improve children’s health and wellbeing, and promote quality education. Financially supported by DSM-FIRMENICH – a Swiss-Dutch company specialized in nutrition – the rice fortification initiative targets an initial 236 primary schools supported by WFP in Senegal including 101 schools in the Department of Matam. Throughout the



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Publish date : 2024-11-11 05:28:25

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