Flour blending can mitigate food insecurity and economic stress
Cereal flour blending can reduce food insecurity risks, as well as contribute to economic and nutrition goals. Yet, the potential for blending has not been realized, and new products have not become scalable commercial propositions. Numerous experiments have shown the potential to produce acceptable...
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| author | Poole, Nigel D. Donovan, Jason A. Kariuki, Sarah K. Rutsaert, Pieter Ibba, Maria Itria Bentley, Alison R. |
| author_browse | Bentley, Alison R. Donovan, Jason A. Ibba, Maria Itria Kariuki, Sarah K. Poole, Nigel D. Rutsaert, Pieter |
| author_facet | Poole, Nigel D. Donovan, Jason A. Kariuki, Sarah K. Rutsaert, Pieter Ibba, Maria Itria Bentley, Alison R. |
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| description | Cereal flour blending can reduce food insecurity risks, as well as contribute to economic and nutrition goals. Yet, the potential for blending has not been realized, and new products have not become scalable commercial propositions. Numerous experiments have shown the potential to produce acceptable foods derived from blended flours of diverse crops including wheat. An important question is whether the incentives, capacities and needs of farmers, processors and consumers have been considered. We argue that technical solutions must be developed within a specific agroecological, commercial, economic, and political environment. Innovations must address the clearly defined objectives of a wheat flour blending policy, if the potential benefits of blending for addressing food insecurity and economic stress are to be achieved. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1419342025-10-26T12:56:05Z Flour blending can mitigate food insecurity and economic stress Poole, Nigel D. Donovan, Jason A. Kariuki, Sarah K. Rutsaert, Pieter Ibba, Maria Itria Bentley, Alison R. consumers flours food security markets policies wheat Cereal flour blending can reduce food insecurity risks, as well as contribute to economic and nutrition goals. Yet, the potential for blending has not been realized, and new products have not become scalable commercial propositions. Numerous experiments have shown the potential to produce acceptable foods derived from blended flours of diverse crops including wheat. An important question is whether the incentives, capacities and needs of farmers, processors and consumers have been considered. We argue that technical solutions must be developed within a specific agroecological, commercial, economic, and political environment. Innovations must address the clearly defined objectives of a wheat flour blending policy, if the potential benefits of blending for addressing food insecurity and economic stress are to be achieved. 2024-06 2024-05-20T14:25:05Z 2024-05-20T14:25:05Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141934 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Poole, N., Donovan, J., Kariuki, S., Rutsaert, P., Ibba, M. I., & Bentley, A. (2024). Flour blending can mitigate food insecurity and economic stress. Global Food Security, 41, 100758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100758 |
| spellingShingle | consumers flours food security markets policies wheat Poole, Nigel D. Donovan, Jason A. Kariuki, Sarah K. Rutsaert, Pieter Ibba, Maria Itria Bentley, Alison R. Flour blending can mitigate food insecurity and economic stress |
| title | Flour blending can mitigate food insecurity and economic stress |
| title_full | Flour blending can mitigate food insecurity and economic stress |
| title_fullStr | Flour blending can mitigate food insecurity and economic stress |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flour blending can mitigate food insecurity and economic stress |
| title_short | Flour blending can mitigate food insecurity and economic stress |
| title_sort | flour blending can mitigate food insecurity and economic stress |
| topic | consumers flours food security markets policies wheat |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141934 |
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