Improving The Nutrient Quality Of Cereals PDF Download

In december 1970, a workshop on improving the nutrient quality of cereals through breeding and fortification was convened by the office of nutrition, technical assistance bureau, AID. Out of the conference came recommendations regarding wheat, rice, corn, sorghum, and millet, and some general recommendations on strategy to implement the recommentions. Several individuals who were participats in that conference are here, or have been attendance in this follow-up conference almost six years later. We are, indeed, appreciative of the conscientious efforts of Irwin Hornstein of TA/N and Earl Leng of TA/Ag, who recognized the need to bring this group together to evaluate the progress that has been made in following up on the recommendations of the earlier conference, to appraise our present position, to re-evaluate those earlier recommendations, and to formulate the objectives. Dr. Hornstein has stated the objectives for this conference very clearly. How well have we succeeded in meeting these objectives? First we have had a very frank and objective analysis of the results obtained in the fortification projects. A. The corn fortification project desighned to determine the effects of fortifying the basic corn diet of the villagers with soybean flour as a source of protein, plus. 1% lysine addition and a mineral/vitamin mix. The supplement was added at the local milling facility when the corn was brought in for grinding. Excellent cooperation was experienced in starting the project, with about 95% of the families (...).