General Population - Nutrition International

Field Stories

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 Stories

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 Stories

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 Stories

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 Stories

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 Stories

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 Stories

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 Stories

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 Stories

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 Stories

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.

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Laxmi salt: adding wisdom to a simple staple in India

Multi-level advocacy leads to huge breakthroughs in salt iodization in Ethiopia

Strengthening the salt industry in Bangladesh: MI and BSCIC

GIS: improving health & lives in Pakistan by monitoring iodized salt

Reducing micronutrient deficiencies by training global Food Fortification Consultants

Changing lives by awarding the Punjab’s Best Iodized Salt Processors

Food fortification in Senegal can increase micronutrient levels

Micronutrient fortification of cereal flours at water mills in rural Nepal

Combining the right technology and revolving funds to build and sustain salt iodization in Senegal

Bima, Indonesia’s only female salt extender using salt to improve lives