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Long Shot

Zrii Amalaki — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:49:31 -0400

"Nestlé and other food companies could make progress in the fight to reduce malnutrition" I think this is a looooong shot....

Nestlé's policies regarding Africa

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:35:49 -0500

What about Nestlé's "remarkable" achievements on endangering/killing children in Africa by providing mothers, sometimes against the laws of the countries, with powder, and forgetting to ask whether those mothers had access to clean water for milk reconstitution? If water is impure, milk causes diseases. I would also like to hear more on impact on environment as well, since powder milk needs to be heated...

Nestlé’s Milk District Model: Economic Development for a Value-Added Food Chain and Improved Nutrition

John Paul — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:54:06 -0500

Session Title:
Understanding BOP Markets

Date of talk or publication:
2005

Speaker Name / Title:
Ray Goldberg & Kerry Herman

Organization:
Harvard Business School

Description:
In January 2005, leading food authorities from around the world met to discuss ways to address poverty and nutrition. Convened by the World Bank, the group included institutions from various sectors that, separately, had been asked to address these issues over time. Each had developed local and global supply chains that could effectively address nutrition and poverty issues while remaining commercially consistent with their respective institutional priorities. To augment public sector aid, the group proposed that private sector initiatives might also provide new and effective models to address poverty and nutrition.