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Kemin Renews Support of the World Food Programme as the Strategic Partner in Food Safety and Quality

Published January 27, 2012 | By admin

DAVOS, Switzerland (PRWEB) January 26, 2012

Kemin Industries and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announce a new 5-year public-private partnership to improve the safety and quality of WFPs food basket. Kemin President and CEO Dr. Chris Nelson and WFP Director of Communications, Public Policy and Private Partnerships Nancy Roman finalized the agreement today during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012 in Davos, Switzerland.

WFP, the worlds largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger around the world, unveiled a landmark strategic plan in 2008 that aimed to transform the organization from a food aid to a food assistance agency while allowing WFP to feed more than 90 million people a year. This move has included a shift toward increasing local food purchases; providing more locally-tailored products, and investing in longer term solutions to food production to combat hunger and poverty. To accomplish this strategy, WFP is helping to build the production and marketing capacity of local growers and manufacturers, including an increased ability to meet WFP food quality standards.

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