Seetharaman Koushik, Maretzki Audrey, Higdon Frank, Dunn James, Brown J. Lynne, Bogle Margaret, Mukunya Daniel.
2003. Economic empowerment and nutritional enhancement through community nutri business initiatives.
In : Les systèmes agroalimentaires localisés : produits, entreprises et dynamiques locales, Montpellier, France, 16 - 18 octobre 2002 = Local agri-food systems, Montpellier (France), October, 16th to 18th, 2002 ; Sistemas agroalimentarios localizados, Montpellier (Francia), del 16 al 18 de octubre de 2002 : Held in Montpellier (France), on october, 16th to 18th, 2002. GIS SYAL, INRA, CIRAD, CNEARC, Agropolis muséum, Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UM1
Résumé : This paper describes a participatory community development initiative that serves the dual purposes of economic empowerment of women in rural areas and improvement of the nutritional well-being of infants and children in urbanizing areas where packaged foods are typically consumed. The dual goals are achieved through the establishment of women-owned cooperative enterprises that formulate, manufacture and market culturally appropriate, nutritious food products using crops grown locally. Nutri-Business cooperatives were established in the Bomet and Murang'a districts in Kenya between 1993 and 1999. Target communities in the two districts formulated porridge mixes suitable as a complement to breast milk for infants over six months of age. The culturally significant ingredient in the Bomet mix was finger millet, while in the Murang'a product it was bananas. Lessons learned in the process of assisting the Kenyan communities to establish cooperatives are elaborated in the paper. The concept has subsequently been adapted for implementation in two other locations; in Northern Namibia and in the Lower Mississippi Delta (LMD) region in the United States. The similarities as well as specific differences in the adaptability of the Nutri-Busmess concept to developing and developed countries are discussed. The formulation for the potential product for Namibia is based on a feasibility study conducted by the University of Namibia. For the LMD, the formula is based on a study conducted by a Penn State graduate student. The paper highlights the potential for community-based rural development and sustainable household food security that can be achieved with appropriate technical assistance and minimal outside resources.
Auteurs et affiliations
- Seetharaman Koushik, Pennsylvania State University (USA)
- Maretzki Audrey, Pennsylvania State University (USA)
- Higdon Frank, Pennsylvania State University (USA)
- Dunn James, Pennsylvania State University (USA)
- Brown J. Lynne, Pennsylvania State University (USA)
- Bogle Margaret, USDA (USA)
- Mukunya Daniel, University of Nairobi (KEN)
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Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/514423/)
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