Thanks Anna for sharing. It is heart warming that the challenges of FC data are coming to the limelight. 
Regards
Henrietta.



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From: "Vincent, Anna (ESN)" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 16/11/2016 11:39 (GMT+01:00)
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Subject: FW: Interesting article on Food Composition in sub-Saharan Africa

Dear INFOODS,

 

Please find attached a good article, Food composition tables in resource-poor settings: exploring current limitations and opportunities, with a focus on animal-source foods in sub-Saharan Africa (also available via academia.edu: https://sydney.academia.edu/RobynAlders)

 

The article clearly demonstrates the need for high quality, analytical data in producing local and regional food composition databases. As an example the paper highlights the lack of animal source foods in current food composition databases in sub Saharan countries. Then it compares the composition of poultry products in the UK, USA and Australian FCTs to show how much components can vary, and discusses how this is important to consider when borrowing data from international sources.

 

FAO and INFOODS members in Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Cameroon and South Africa are currently working together to update the FAO/INFOODS West Africa Food Composition Table, and our experience agrees with the conclusions of the paper: there remains a strong need for funding – both through the support of donor agencies and commitment from national governments – to generate new location-specific compositional data.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Kind regards,

Anna

 

Ms Anna VINCENT

Consultant, Food Composition

Nutrition and Food Systems (ESN)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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