Liberia
New Processing Facilities in Liberia expands production of Super Gari, a fortified blended food.
A processing facility in Zwedru, Liberia expanded its production of a fortified blended food, called Super Gari. Made with locally grown cassava and micronutrients, Super Gari includes U.S. defatted soy flour to add protein. Approximately 40 people are employed in two shifts at the factory in this USAID-funded project implemented by Opportunities Industrialization Centers International and WISHH.
Construction is underway in Fishtown, River Gee County for a new processing facility where cassava will be ground into gari, and further processed with U.S. soy flour into Super Gari.USAID-Funded Project Brings Soy and Cassava into Battle Against Chronic Malnutrition in Liberian Children
WISHH helped Liberians produce a fortified cereal food called Super Gari that uses defatted soy flour combined with cassava and other local ingredients. Super Gari offers greater nutrition in diverse programs, including school feeding, food for work and clinics.
Through a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) project, chronically malnourished Liberian children are getting a new source of locally produced nutritious foods made with soy. The Health, Agriculture and Nutrition Development for Sustainability Program (HANDS) is a five year project funded by the USAID Food for Peace Program.
The multi-faceted initiative includes development of a fortified cassava food that is manufactured in Liberia with U.S. soy flour boosting its protein content. Opportunities Industrialization Centers International (OICI) leads the project. In addition to WISHH, other partners include: Liberia OIC, Shelter for Life and Malnutrition Matters.
USDA Food for Education Project Helps Liberian Food Companies Make Soy-Enriched Biscuits and Beverages
Nutritious soy foods are giving Liberian children an extra incentive to attend school. Local manufacture of these foods is also giving an economic incentive to their communities.
International Relief and Development is working with WISHH on the three-year effort under USDA’s McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. Local manufacturers are using soy to produce protein-enriched beverages and biscuits.
