The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and HarvestPlus have launched the Commercialisation of Biofortified Crops (CBC) Programme in Nigeria to significantly increase access to biofortified seeds, grains, and foods via commercial channels in Africa’s most populous country. The programme will facilitate a commercial delivery system for biofortified crops such as vitamin A cassava and vitamin A maize.
Born out of the need to improve consumption of essential vitamins and minerals for vulnerable people through the food system, the programme’s work in Nigeria will build on existing activities of HarvestPlus and GAIN as well as other partners in the commercial delivery of nutrient-enriched staple crops. In the initial phase, GAIN and HarvestPlus will work with partners in Osun, Anambra, Cross River, and Nasarawa states to scale up the production of vitamin A cassava, and in Kaduna, Niger, Imo, and Oyo states to scale the production of vitamin A maize.
Music and Economic Growth Are Going Hand-in-Hand in Morocco Published December 12th, 2020 - 08:18 GMT
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Highlights
Morocco, a cultural hub in North Africa, has a rich musical legacy encompassing many diverse styles and genres, and is home to many regionally renowned musical figures.
A new project by UNESCO takes a unique approach to economic development in Morocco, focusing on the country’s burgeoning music industry as a gateway to job creation and sustainable growth.
The project, entitled “Music as a driving force for sustainable development in Morocco,” aims to improve the Moroccan music industry’s value chain through providing services to youth music enthusiasts and professionals. It is funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, together with the Moroccan Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.