Cassava and Sweet Potato refined flours for Improving Nutritional Status and Food Security
thousands of children in rural areas of Colombia, living in marginal regions, attend school every day, with hunger, What we are proposing is to promote the production and massive use of refined cassava flours ,made of cassava and sweet potato, to give food to school children.
About You
Section 1: About You
First Name
Bernardo
Last Name
Ospina
Website
Organization
Latin American and CAribbean Consortium to Support Cassava Research and Development-CLAYUCA
Country
Colombia
Section 2: About Your Organization
Organization Name
Latin American and CAribbean Consortium to Support Cassava Research and Development-CLAYUCA
Organization Website
Organization Phone
57-2-4450157
Organization Address
P.O.Box 67-13,Cali,Colombia
Is your organization a
Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
Organization Country
Colombia
Your idea
Name Your Project
Cassava and Sweet Potato refined flours for Improving Nutritional Status and Food Security
Country your work focuses on
Colombia
Describe Your Idea
thousands of children in rural areas of Colombia, living in marginal regions, attend school every day, with hunger, What we are proposing is to promote the production and massive use of refined cassava flours ,made of cassava and sweet potato, to give food to school children.
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Innovation
What makes your idea unique?
the interesting concept about this idea is the potential it has to empower rural regions and communities to establish their own processes to achieve self-sufficiency in the nutrition and food security of their population without depending on imported foods that have to be brougth into the communities, sometimes from other countries.
Do you have a patent for this idea?
No
Impact
This Entry is about (Issues)
What impact have you had?
The technology is well developed. The machinery is ready, enough knowledge is accumulated on the crops husbandry issues,good knowledge is available on the uses of the refined flours. The refined flours have been used in many demostrations already.
Problem
The problem that our project is addresing is the lack of appropriate food and nutrition that thousands of school children are facing in many rural areas of the country. It is wellknown that any deficiencies in food and nutrition in the first ten years will create deficiencies in the normal intelectual and physical development of the person.
Actions
We are presenting our project to many organizations, public and private, to try to convince them to implement this strategy in their regions.
Results
We expect to have at least one region in 2010,fully convinced of the potential that this strategy has to promote a sustainable effort to improve the nutrition and food security aspects of the school children population in the most marginal rural areas
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
If we have at least one region adopting the strategy in 2010,we can expect that in 2011 we would have increased the number of regions adopting the project to at least 10 sites and in 2011,the project would have expanded to a second country in the Latinoamerican and Caribbean region
What would prevent your project from being a success?
The lack of interest on the idea from institutions, public and private,in our country
How many people will your project serve annually?
101‐1000
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
$50 - 100
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
Sustainability
What stage is your project in?
Operating for less than a year
In what country?
Colombia
Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
Yes
If yes, provide organization name.
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical-CIAT,Cali,Colombia
How long has this organization been operating?
More than 5 years
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?
Yes
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
These partnerships are established on the basis of concrete proposals and our project has not been able yet to secure funding for the expansion phase we want to conduct.
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?
Identify an organization or institute interested in the proposal; formulate a strategy and an action plan to implement the idea in a target region; financethe strategy formulated
The Story
What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?
The evidence confirmed through many visits to rural areas in Colombia, of the precarious conditions in which school children in many places in my country, attend schools and eat and live.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
The social innovator behind this idea is a group of young, committed technical personnel,that has worked with enthusiasm to develop the concept, including the processing technology, the crop production technology and the flour use technologies
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Friend or family member
If through another, please provide the name of the organization or company
 | 130 weeks agoCecelia Tanaka said: Hello Bernardo! I am wondering if your organization has considered investigating cross-sector partnerships with private corporations ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 131 weeks agoBernardo Ospina updated this Competition Entry. |
| 131 weeks agoBernardo Ospina submitted this idea. |
