Field Story February 15, 2012 Laxmi salt: adding wisdom to a simple staple in India On a busy street in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India, Jagdish Keshaubhi Prajapati is running his chakki (salt crushing machine) at Laxmi Salt.
Field Story October 13, 2011 Multi-level advocacy leads to huge breakthroughs in salt iodization in Ethiopia When H E Hassen Abdulkadir was posted as Ethiopian Ambassador to Senegal, he never expected to become so interested in producing and iodizing salt.
Field Story August 29, 2011 Strengthening the salt industry in Bangladesh: MI and BSCIC When salt iodization was introduced in the early nineties and made mandatory in Bangladesh, it was a natural fit to make BSCIC the focal point for iodization efforts.
Field Story June 15, 2011 GIS: improving health & lives in Pakistan by monitoring iodized salt Imagine a tool that could help significantly reduce preventable brain damage, caused by a lack of iodine in the diet, by monitoring the quality of iodized salt produced.
Field Story June 15, 2011 Reducing micronutrient deficiencies by training global Food Fortification Consultants The Micronutrient Initiative and the International Agriculture Centre organized the first Food Fortification Technical Experts' Training Course in Wageningen, Netherlands in March 2002.
Field Story May 5, 2011 Changing lives by awarding the Punjab’s Best Iodized Salt Processors Safwan Hashmi proudly accepted the 2010 Best Salt Processor of the Year Award, on behalf of National Foods Limited, at the annual awards ceremony to recognize the Punjab's best salt processors,
Field Story February 25, 2011 Food fortification in Senegal can increase micronutrient levels For many years, MI has been working with food producers in Senegal to help them fortify their products - specifically cooking oil and wheat flour - with micronutrients.
Field Story November 25, 2010 Micronutrient fortification of cereal flours at water mills in rural Nepal In 2007, the Micronutrient Initiative began working with village millers in rural Nepal to help them add essential vitamins and minerals to the cereal flour they produce.
Field Story October 28, 2010 Combining the right technology and revolving funds to build and sustain salt iodization in Senegal In 2005, MI shifted its focus to work primarily with small processors where efforts to adequately iodize had been failing.
Field Story September 20, 2010 Bima, Indonesia’s only female salt extender using salt to improve lives Layli is the Micronutrient Initiative's first and only female salt extender in Indonesia.