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Advocates-led Achievements

1

Step down trainings on everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato, which over 1000 farmers and other stakeholders benefitted from.

2

Successful advocacy to the Rivers state government on inclusion of biofortified foods in the school feeding menu.

3

Cross Rivers state school feeding team trained on processing of OFSP cookies.

4

Biofortification education to mothers and seniors in Lagos state-over 100 in attendance

5

Youth sensitization/engagement on OFSP enterprise in three states.

6

Media awareness on biofortification in Abuja and Rivers state.

7

Potato Farmers Association trained over 400 farmers on OFSP agronomic practices.

8

Sensitizations and trainings to different groups of people-faith-based programs-women convention, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) farmers Cooperatives.

9

Establishment of a biofortification focused NGO in Ogun and Rivers states.

10

Community sensitization on biofortified crops in a LGA in Lagos and Rivers State

11

Six (6) Advocates wrote and submitted proposals on promotion of biofortified crops.

12

OFSP demo farm established in a CMAM center in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria.

13

Capacity building of civil society organizations and institutions on mainstreaming biofortification into their programs. These include Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Rivers State Chapter, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Onne Station, Rivers State and staff of the “School to Land” Authority

14

Participation and exhibitions of biofortified crops in programs, conferences like World Food Day in Rivers State, Nutritious Food Fairs and launch of Breastfeeding Collective in the Context of Global Infant and Young Feeding Strategy in Rivers State