Initiatives for Business Expansion, Nutritional Improvement, etc. in Africa
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Nutritional improvement
MAFF organized a side event to introduce Japan’s
nutrition-related initiatives at the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth
(N4G) Summit 2021 hosted by the Japanese Government in
December 2021. To culminate the event, MAFF compiled a
specific “action plan” for food-related actors towards
achieving the targets of the Tokyo Compact on Global
Nutrition for Growth.
MAFF is working through the UN Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) to conduct training and support the
development of e-learning courses related to hygiene
management in food manufacturing, the marketing of foods
with higher nutritional value, etc. for SMEs in developing
countries.
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Nutritional improvement
Prevention of stunting of infants Through the diffusion of KOKO Plus®️ (nutritional supplement) (The Ajinomoto Foundation)
Procurement of sesame seeds and the improvement of community livelihoods using an ODA framework (ITOCHU Corporation)
MAFF is working through the Nutrition Japan Public Private
Platform (NJPPP) to support the initiatives of Japanese
companies for improving nutrition in developing countries.
NJPPP is harnessing Japan’s technologies and expertise to
promote food-related businesses while developing a
sustainable business model for improving the nutrition of
people in developing and emerging countries.
The participants at TICAD7 agreed to establish the Japan
Business Council for Africa, a public-private platform through
which member companies are building foundations for
improving diet and nutrition for children, the shapers of
Africa’s future, by preventing the stunting of infants and
improving and stabilizing the incomes of smallholder farmers
in Africa.
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Nutritional improvement
Lecture on rice cultivation
Farmers growing rice and vegetables
MAFF has been implementing projects related to rice
cultivation in West Africa in collaboration with the UN World
Food Programme (WFP) since 1998. In projects launched in
Sierra Leone from 2017, MAFF has been harnessing WFP’s aid
experience, knowledge of nutritional improvement, local
networks, etc. to conduct educational campaigns focused on
basic knowledge on nutrition and to help smallholder farmers
raise their incomes.
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Business expansion
Transporting fresh seafood to Japanese
restaurants in Uganda
(A cold chain between Kenya/Tanzania and Uganda)
A seminar on preserving freshness
Sushi served in an inland country
Business feasibility is studied and assessed through
MAFF-subsidized projects focused on growth in Africa.
In Tanzania, a country with a high fisheries potential, we have
been promoting the development of a cold chain of fresh
seafood based on freezing equipment at a fisheries port by
providing training on Japanese fishing and processing
techniques and supporting the transport of fresh catches to
Japanese restaurants in Uganda, an inland neighbor.
