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The Fortified Whole Grain Alliance (FWGA) joins Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) with the #InnovationSprint Fortified Whole Grain Advancing Nutrition and Climate Action at COP29 Azerbaijan.

Strengthening school feeding program in Rwanda with Fortified Whole Grains

West Africa Fortified Parboiled Unpolished Rice Project

Strengthening school feeding program in Rwanda with Fortified Whole Grains

West Africa Fortified Parboiled Unpolished Rice Project

What’s giving us hope moving into the second half of the Sustainable Development Goals? The cross-sector, innovative, and practical actions forging ahead from #17Rooms https://t.co/eYRN3BPUBN #17rooms #FWGA @Kamaudm @pmilani @RockefellerFdn @BrookingsGlobal
— Fortified Whole Grain Alliance (FWGA) (@fwg_alliance) December 29, 2023

Hon. Minister @Ilde_Musafiri met with @roysteiner, the Senior Vice President for the Food Initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation. They discussed a project they are piloting in Rwanda which aims at replacing refined maize flour in school meals with Fortified Whole Grain. pic.twitter.com/rH74Bz7VR4
— Ministry of Agriculture & Animal Resources |Rwanda (@RwandaAgri) September 5, 2023

@franceauburundi participe à la cérémonie officielle de lancement de la production de farine complète de maïs fortifiée par la @Burundi1stLady avec la fondation Rockfeller et @wfp au #Burundi pic.twitter.com/YxxQERIsyL
— La France au Burundi (@franceauburundi) April 17, 2023

🙏THANK YOU to @RockefellerFdn for their invaluable support contributing to the sustainable and inclusive development in Burundi🇧🇮.

👉This will contribute to the population's food 🥘and nutritional security.

Watch @WilliamAsiko, Vice President of @RockefellerFdn - Africa pic.twitter.com/4FVCOfRtpL
— Housainou Taal WFP BURUNDI (@HousainouTAAL) April 17, 2023

“When you fortify the grain, you increase it’s nutritional value by 5 times” - Darshana Joshi, FWG Initiative Technical Lead @Vanguard_Econ #FWGRTD2023 #LifeInFull https://t.co/QsS3q4z4ux pic.twitter.com/UTeQeqdKT8
— Vanguard Economics (@Vanguard_Econ) January 31, 2023

HAPPENING: @RwandaIndustry, Vanguard Economics, and the @RockefellerFdn convene with different stakeholders in the agricultural and food chain sector to share information about the newly piloted Fortified WholeGrain (FWG) initiative and prospects of scaling up. pic.twitter.com/27ecUUoXGr
— The New Times (Rwanda) (@NewTimesRwanda) January 31, 2023

@RwandaIndustry in collaboration with @Vanguard_Econom today held a round table discussion on Fortified Whole Grain Initiative together with other different stakeholders to discuss how they can leverage Research and Development to have more Fortified Whole Grain products. pic.twitter.com/cGjGhhwNSc
— NIRDA | Rwanda (@RwandaIndustry) January 31, 2023

They introduced to him the Fortified Whole Grains program which may help in elimination of malnutrition, sustaining school feeding and boosting maize production & marketing. pic.twitter.com/4kpH80OPfO
— Ministry of Local Government | Rwanda (@RwandaLocalGov) December 13, 2022

@RwandaIndustry yesterday signed MoU with the VANGUARD ECONOMICS establishing a collaborative partnership that sets out clearly joint roles and responsibilities of each partner towards successful implementation of the Fortified Wholegrain (FWG) initiative. pic.twitter.com/0ed7251sS9
— NIRDA | Rwanda (@RwandaIndustry) January 20, 2023

@WFP in partnership w/ @RockefellerFdn are supporting @Rwanda to influence diet shifts towards more nutritious fortified wholegrain maize through #SchoolFeeding

Read more here 👉https://t.co/IWCKN9vb8M

@Rwanda_Edu @RwandaAgri @RockefellerFdn @Vanguard_Econ @Gardens4Health pic.twitter.com/mxng0WPd5a
— WFP Rwanda - Edith Heines (@EdithHeinesWFP) March 1, 2022

The New Times (Rwanda)

More schools to benefit from nutritiously fortified whole grain maize flourMore schools to benefit from nutritiously fortified whole grain maize flour

Kigali Today (Rwanda)

Nutritious corn flour is being developed to be used to feed the students

Igihe (Rwanda)

The manufacturing industry is going to be helped to put quality products on the market