{"id":14230,"date":"2014-01-23T07:06:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T15:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?post_type=media-center&#038;p=14230"},"modified":"2017-02-02T07:09:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T15:09:42","slug":"new-partnership-launched-davos-improve-nutrition-millions","status":"publish","type":"media-center","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/about-us\/media-center\/new-partnership-launched-davos-improve-nutrition-millions","title":{"rendered":"New Partnership Launched at Davos to Improve Nutrition for Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/3&Prime; el_class=&rdquo;vc_col-sm-push-8&Prime;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-highlights field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<ul>\n<li>HarvestPlus and World Vision sign partnership to tackle hidden hunger by scaling up access to nutritious food crops<\/li>\n<li>Hidden hunger caused by chronic lack of vitamins and minerals that can lead to stunting, infectious disease and death<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;2\/3&Prime; el_class=&rdquo;vc_col-sm-pull-4&Prime;][vc_single_image image=&rdquo;14231&Prime; img_size=&rdquo;medium&rdquo; add_caption=&rdquo;yes&rdquo; alignment=&rdquo;center&rdquo;][vc_column_text]<strong>DAVOS, Switzerland (January 23, 2013)<\/strong> &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvestplus.org\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.harvestplus.org\/\">HarvestPlus<\/a> and World Vision today signed a MoU at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weforum.org\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.weforum.org\/\">World Economic Forum<\/a> in Davos, making a commitment to work together to improve nutrition for hundreds of millions of people around the world who suffer from hidden hunger.<\/p>\n<p>Hidden hunger is caused by a chronic lack of critical vitamins and minerals that puts children and adults at increased risk of stunting, anemia, blindness, infectious diseases and even death. One in three people globally suffer from hidden hunger and women and children are especially vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership will focus on improving access to nutritious staple food crops &ndash; for home consumption and to sell in local markets &ndash; for vulnerable farming communities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;More nutritious staple food crops are now available,&rdquo; said HarvestPlus Director Howarth Bouis. &ldquo;About half a million farmers are already growing them and there is an established pipeline for new varieties with even higher levels of vitamins and minerals.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;However, our reach is limited. We need to work with partners who can scale-up these crops. World Vision has the reach and depth of experience needed to spread these crops through rural communities worldwide. We&rsquo;re committed to exploring how we can do this together &ndash; to reach more people, more quickly, with nutritious foods.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>These nutritious food crops have been bred through the biofortification process, which uses conventional plant breeding methods. Not only are varieties higher yielding, they have more resistance to disease and pests, while several varieties are better adapted to drought.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;World Vision is committed to improving nutrition for the world&rsquo;s hungriest children, their families and communities,&rdquo; said World Vision International President, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvi.org\/president\/meet-kevin-jenkins\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.wvi.org\/president\/meet-kevin-jenkins\">Kevin Jenkins<\/a>. &ldquo;We can only do so much on our own. We believe more can be achieved by linking our comparative strengths with organizations like HarvestPlus, UN agencies like the World Food Programme, and companies like DSM.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>World Vision and HarvestPlus will launch the partnership by focusing on Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Ghana and Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p>The MoU was signed at the World Economic Forum event <em>Scaling Sustainable Food-Based Solutions to Tackle Hidden Hunger<\/em> hosted by the World Food Programme, and featuring HarvestPlus, World Vision and global life and materials science company DSM.<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact:<\/p>\n<p>Holly Frew, World Vision (Washington D.C., <a href=\"mailto:hfrew@worldvision.org\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:hfrew@worldvision.org\">hfrew@worldvision.org<\/a>, +1(770) 842 6188<\/p>\n<p>Vidushi Sinha, HarvestPlus (Washington D.C.) <a href=\"mailto:V.S.Vidushi@cgiar.org\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:V.S.Vidushi@cgiar.org\">V.S.Vidushi@cgiar.org<\/a>, +1 (202) 862 4686<\/p>\n<p><strong>HarvestPlus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HarvestPlus leads a global effort to improve nutrition and public health by developing and disseminating staple food crops that are rich in vitamins and minerals. It is part of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health. CGIAR is a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future. Its science is carried out by its 15 research centers in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. The HarvestPlus program is coordinated by two of these centers &ndash; the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvestplus.org\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.harvestplus.org\/\">www.harvestplus.org<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>About <\/strong><a href=\"\/\"><strong>World Vision<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><br>\nWorld Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization conducting relief, development, and advocacy activities in its work with children, families, and their communities in nearly 100 countries to help them reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. World Vision serves all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.&nbsp;For more information, please visit <a href=\"\/about-us\/media-center\/\">www.WorldVision.org\/media-center\/<\/a>&nbsp;or on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WorldVisionUSA\" target=\"_blank\">@WorldVisionUSA<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14231,"template":"","leader":[],"class_list":["post-14230","media-center","type-media-center","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","media-center-resource-press-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Partnership Launched at Davos to Improve Nutrition for Millions | World Vision<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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