WISHH Hosts Washington Seminar On Protein Needs In Developing Countries
St. Louis…March 12, 2009… The American Soybean Association's (ASA) World Initiative for Soy in Human Health(WISHH) hosted its annual Workshop in Washington, D.C. today in conjunction with the World Soy Foundation (WSF), a WISHH program. Participants, ranging from ASA members to international food assistance and development experts, examined opportunities to benefit people in developing countries at the conference titled Nutrition and Development: Filling the Protein Gap of Growing Populations through Local, Regional and International Responses.
"WISHH is pleased to convene this timely conference,” said WISHH Executive Director Jim Hershey. “Global economic problems are undermining the progress that has been made in improving diets and incomes in developing countries. Protein deficiencies can have long-term effects on children that will be more difficult to turn around than the economies of their countries.”
The Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee and other Qualified State Soybean Boards sponsored the conference on behalf of WISHH. Industry supporters of WSF sponsoring the conference included: Cargill - gold-level sponsor; Solae - silver level sponsor; Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge and The Monsanto Fund - bronze level sponsors.
