Millet has become the basic ingredient for an enriched flour at the heart of an effort to establish a local, sustainable response to malnutrition in Mali.
In the city of Kati, some 15 kilometres from the capital, Bamako, a dozen women are busy processing locally-grown grain into “Misola”.
The Misola initiative, created by a French association of the same name, is a public health project which aims to reduce infant malnutrition.
“We buy millet, the basic ingredient for the enriched flour we produce, from grain merchants here in the city,” said Ramata Traoré, who manages the Kati production facility.
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
Super Cereal For Mali’s Malnourished Children
Millet has become the basic ingredient for an enriched flour at the heart of an effort to establish a local, sustainable response to malnutrition in Mali.
In the city of Kati, some 15 kilometres from the capital, Bamako, a dozen women are busy processing locally-grown grain into “Misola”.
The Misola initiative, created by a French association of the same name, is a public health project which aims to reduce infant malnutrition.
“We buy millet, the basic ingredient for the enriched flour we produce, from grain merchants here in the city,” said Ramata Traoré, who manages the Kati production facility.
See full Article.
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