Ending poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) whilst ensuring that “No One is Left Behind” requires the implementation of long-term, coordinated and integrated multi-sectoral efforts. To end extreme poverty, our agriculture programme directly benefit the lives of people at the bottom of the pyramid, especially smallholder farmers (pumpkins and maize growers) who produce NutriPosh ingredients out of regenerative agriculture on their farmlands.
Hunger not only affects people within households but also children in schools. Food insecurity disproportionately affects all people irrespective of where they live. Almost 600 million people will be chronically undernourished in 2030. To end hunger and malnutrition in all its forms, our NutriPosh feeding programmes are tailored to meet the nutritional requirements of post-6 months infants, toddlers and school children, for optimal growth and development.
Ensuring "Good Health for All" requires the adoption of multisectoral approaches tailored at ending cognitive retardation across the life course. The cognitive facet of health has been neglected for decades, and there is substantial unmet need for improved childhood cognitive health. To achieve good health targets, the inclusion of seeds of pumpkins into stable maize flours, to deliver sufficient omega-3s, tryptophan and lysin, and enhance children's mental acuity gives relevance to our NutriPosh feeding programmes.
Children who study on an empty stomach likely perform poorly, and those that feed on the status quo school meals (Posho and Beans) are missing out on acquiring vital brain boosting nutrients for improved education outcomes. The adoption of NutriPosh into existing school feeding programmes (SFPs) has proven to improve the quality of education by lowering age-grade heterogeneity. SFPs increase school enrolment and learning outcomes rates; and reduce dropout rates and grade repetitions. To contribute to quality education, our feeding programmes push for universalization of school feeding by adopting NutriPosh over plain maize flours and aim at achieving the greatest school feeding coverage on the continent.
Ingredients required for NutriPosh production are sustainably produced out of regenerative agriculture, are sustainably dried with solar power; and are sustainably packaged in biodegradable paper bags. For school feeding programs, NutriPosh flours are stored in 3-layered wooden crates which minimize contamination and pest infestation; extending the shelf life of the sustainably manufactured pumpkin seed enriched maize flours, while ensuring that consumers have access to affordable, trusted and nutritious meals, to enhance nutrition and cognitive health.
Disrupted food systems are contributing significantly to worsening climate change. Our agriculture programmes incorporates farmer training on the practices of regenerative agriculture especially conservation tillage. Ingredients produced out of regenerative agriculture are dehydrated through the use of solar power, and NutriPosh flours are packaged in compostable paper-bags that biodegrade over time. Food waste is reduced through storage of flours in enclosed wooden crates in schools. These sustainable approaches help reduce the carbon footprint in the environment and help preserve natural resources, while ensuring that children are feed on nutritious food without causing harm to the planet.
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