The Nutrition Improvement Program is working closely with many international and national organizations as well as government bodies around the globe. Our partners include the World Food Programme, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and The Micronutrient Initiative.
In March 2007 DSM announced an official partnership with the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP). WFP is the largest provider of food aid to the world's hungry. They feed and nourish an average of 90 million people in over 80 countries each year.
By partnering with WFP, DSM has made a commitment to fight hunger and malnutrition around the world. DSM will provide technical and scientific expertise and high nutrient products as well as financial assistance to improve the WFP food basket through the addition of essential micronutrients. Together, DSM and WFP can make a difference to millions of people. Improving nutrition means fighting 'hidden hunger ', improving lives, breaking the vicious circle of poverty and hunger. This is a major contribution to unleashing potential in countries and their economies.
The partnership program, 'Improving Nutrition - Improving Lives' has two initiatives: nutrition enhancement and employee engagement.
The scientific and technical specialists of the Nutrition Improvement Program are working closely with WFP in the development of tailor-made solutions to improve the nutritional status of the people.
More information on the DSM website
Investing in Partnerships to Fight Malnutrition
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), headquarted in Geneva, is an alliance driven by the vision of a world without malnutrition. GAIN's mission is to reduce malnutrition through food fortification and other strategies aimed at improving the health and nutrition of populations at risk.
GAIN mobilizes public-private partnerships and provides financial and technical support to deliver healthier foods and supplements to those people most at risk of malnutrition. Innovative partnership projects in more than 25 countries are improving the lives of nearly 200 million people. GAIN's Nutrition Program aims to reach one billion people.
The foundation was created in 2002 at a Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Children and became a Swiss foundation in 2005. The Nutrition Improvement Program is a member of GAIN's business alliance.
For more information, visit the GAIN website
Our Vision is a world free of hidden hunger.
We are dedicated to ensuring that the world's most vulnerable - especially women and children - in developing countries get the vitamins and minerals they need to survive and thrive.
How we work
Micronutrient Initiative (MI) is passionate about helping developing nations save lives and improve livelihoods by developing and sharing the most appropriate solutions for hidden hunger, and reaching the people who need essential vitamins and minerals the most. Last year alone MI supported programs that reached almost 500 million people in over 70 countries.
DSM, Bühler and the Micronutrient Initiative (MI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to ensure the sustained availability of rice, fortified with multiple micronutrients, to populations affected by hidden hunger. This historic partnership, signed in January, 2008, provides the framework for the development of a sustainable, practical and cost-effective means of overcoming micronutrient malnutrition. India has the world's largest national rice crop. Since rice forms the staple diet of a large portion of the population, particularly in southern India, the country's public distribution network, also the world's largest, helps provide food to millions of low income and malnourished families.
"This breakthrough in fortified rice demonstrates the tremendous impact that a public private sector partnership can have, applying the best technology available to reach India's most vulnerable", states Venkatesh Mannar, President of MI.
For more information, visit the MI website
