Since its inception in 2002, FFI has partnered in more than 30 countries across the globe to build cereal grain fortification programs.
Read MoreThe preliminary results of the Haryana Demonstration Project are in—and they are a clear indication that fortification can lead to a healthier future in India.
Read MoreFFI and partners are supporting a proposed World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Assembly resolution introduced by the Government of Colombia that calls on all Member States to institute and strengthen large-scale food fortification (LSFF) programs.
Read MoreAfter the success of FFI and partners’ April 2021 workshop for millers, FFI collaborated with MOSIT to host a follow-up workshop for millers on 27 February 2022.
Read MoreThe Malaysia Ministry of Health (MOH) demonstrated renewed dedication in 2022 to scale up and strengthen wheat flour fortification.
Read MoreMauritius first began planning its wheat flour fortification program in 2018 and has since made tremendous progress.
Read MoreIn 2022, FFI partnered with the Botswana Government, Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to facilitate Botswana’s development of a national food fortification strategy.
Read MoreIn 2022, FFI was one of four main partners invited to take part in a new USAID initiative: Advancing Food Fortification Opportunities to Reinforce Diets (AFFORD). Funded by USAID as part of Feed the Future, the US Government’s global hunger and food security initiative, USAID AFFORD represents a holistic approach to large-scale food fortification (LSFF) that puts businesses at the core of the solution while strategically engaging with public, private, and civil society sectors.
Read MoreFrom 2007-2021, Smarter Futures, the program under which FFI carries out the majority of its work in Africa, helped make fortification of wheat flour, maize flour, and rice a reality in dozens of countries across the continent.
Read MoreIn 2021, FFI led efforts in India to engage multi-sector fortification partners to reconsider the country’s current cereal grain standards and fight misinformation.
Read MoreOn 1 April 2021, FFI and partners held a workshop to refresh millers on their important role in fortification and to connect millers from the private and public sectors with other fortification stakeholders.
Read MoreFFI conducted a fortification assessment in Uganda in early 2021 to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic had—and continues to—affect food producers and country commitments to fortify.
Read Morein 2021, the UK updated legislation to include folic acid in its mandatory wheat flour fortification standards.
Read MoreThanks to advocacy efforts by FFI and in-country stakeholders, the Ukrainian Parliament drafted a law for wheat flour fortification in June 2021.
Read MoreFFI technical experts have been key to building a robust wheat flour and rice fortification program for the Solomon Islands.
Read MoreIn July 2021, New Zealand mandated that all non-organic wheat flour be fortified with folic acid within the next two years.
Read MoreBy partnering with the public sector, private sector, and civil society advocates like Juliana, FFI works to make the addition of vitamins and minerals such as folic acid to flour and rice standard milling practice worldwide.
Read MoreFFI and UNICEF held a flour fortification workshop for millers on 1 April 2021 to refresh and build miller capacity for fortification in preparation for a launch of the wheat flour fortification project.
Read MoreIn Haryana state, India, COVID-19 did not stop millers from fortifying.
Read MoreWhen the pandemic made an in-person mill assessment in Tajikistan impossible, FFI took a virtual approach.
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