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1 Introduction
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... In 1996, approximately 1.7 million metric tons of food aid commodities valued at more than $840 million were distributed through Title II programs (USAID, 1996)
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... 5.5% 4.0% Mineral Premixb 2.7% 2.~% Vitamin PremixC 0.1% 0.1% a Wheat fraction may consist of 53.1 percent bulgur and 20 percent wheat protein concentrate (enzyme inactivated) , or 38.1 percent wheat flour (cooked)
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... However, the United States supplied 84 percent of the total blended, fortified foods used worldwide (Dr. Judit KatoneApte, World Food Programme, United Nations, personal communication, 1997~.
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... added to blended commodities exported through the P.L. 480 Title II Food for Peace program to levels more than twice those currently in use (Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, 1993, S
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... For this final report, the committee's specific role was to assess the results of the pilot program; estimate the need for increased vitamin C fortification to improve recipient diet, nutrition, and health; and estimate the cost-effectiveness of increased fortification with vitamin C In addition, this report provides recommendations regarding both the advisability of scaling up Title II 2 Robert K
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... The committee emphasized the potential value of collecting data from emergency feeding programs, as well as from development programs, and of collecting samples on-site to determine vitamin C losses during food preparation. It also stressed the need for cost data and information on both the prevalence of scurvy and insufficient vitamin C and iron intakes in populations that receive blended foods.
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... Chapter 3 presents cost-effectiveness analysis of vitamin C fortification. Chapter 4 summarizes pilot program results, and Chapter S contains the committee's critique of the pilot program.
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  • wheat protein
  • protein concentrate
  • wheat flour
  • peace program
  • increased fortification

  • percent wheat
  • micronutrient fortification
  • commodities exported
  • overall task
  • premix contains

  • food programme
  • commodities csb
  • developmental aid
  • aid recipients
  • food preparation

  • feeding programs
  • enzyme inactivated
  • congressional appropriations
  • world food
  • food commodities


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