THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD

Published purpose

The project aims to prevent stunting among children ages 6 to 23 months and address micronutrient deficiencies among pregnant and/or lactating mothers in select districts throughout Northern Ghana. This project is an integrated agricultural and nutrition value chain development initiative designed as a public-private partnership and implemented by the World Food Programme. There are three interconnected pillars to this project. Project activities include: (1) enhancing the capacity of smallholder farmers to produce safe, quality staples (maize, soybean, cowpea and millet) and facilitate market linkages and sales to select local food processors; (2) providing technical and financial support for the upgrading of local processing capacities to produce safe, specialized nutritious foods and unfortified blended flours using local raw materials; and (3) promoting locally produced, specialized nutritious foods for nutrition interventions in the Northern regions and promote their availability in local markets for the Ghanaian population at large.