Nutriset, nutritional autonomy for all

"Capacity of a country or community to set up a sustainable system to identify and make accessible the nutrients required for the development and good health of its population."
This is how Nutriset defines nutritional autonomy.

To address the huge challenge represented by malnutrition (68 million cases of acute malnutrition worldwide, 195 million children suffering from delayed growth), Nutriset deploys synergistic resources with the aim of contributing to nutritional autonomy:

  • Substantial investment in research and innovation (60 research staff; 10% of total workforce, between 5 and 10% of turnover dedicated to the activity every year) in order to find ever more effective nutritional solutions.
  • The PlumpyField® and ZincField  networks to enable high-quality nutritional solutions to be produced locally, over a sustained period of time, close to the populations requiring them. The networks participate in the economic development of the regions where they are established through job creation and the market they offer for high-quality local agriculture.
  • Operational communication actions relating to the products in order to make them more acceptable, taking into account the cultural characteristics of target populations.
  • Innovation in terms of distribution strategies, with the introduction of preventive products to the private market alongside continued cooperation with humanitarian and welfare organisations.
  • Constant dialogue with the players involved in nutrition and humanitarian aid, to improve the fit between our nutritional solutions and real requirements through feedback from the field.
  • Support for initiatives fostering greater mobilisation against malnutrition (participation in the GAIN Business Alliance, support for the Scaling-up Nutrition action plan)
  • Investment in training: in addition to specific training for PlumpyField® network team members, Nutriset also supports training programmes in Africa (2iE engineering school, based in Ouagadougou; Programme de Leadership Africain en Nutrition (PLAN); funding of grants for students from African countries).