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Kano Adopts New Food Processing Technique To Combat Malnutrition

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"R9CIhRcD" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Abdulgafar Oladimeji&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"tc6ELbx5" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The permanent Secretary&comma; Kano state ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources&comma; Balarabe Hassan Karaye has disclosed that the ministry has initiate modern food processing technique to fight against the threat posed by malnutrition in the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Balarabe further said the ministry has intreduce simply technology methods of grinding and milling of crops to curb loss of nutritional values in food processing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2020&sol;09&sol;04&sol;malnutrition-over-2-million-children-on-death-row-in-kano&sol;">Malnutrition&colon; Over 2 Million Children On Death Row In Kano<&sol;a><&sol;p><div class&equals;"1GCp8Grm" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Th permanent secretary made the remarks&comma; in his office in Kano&comma; on Monday&comma; when he received a delegation led by the chairman steering committee&comma; Civil Society –Scalling Up Nutrition in Nigeria&comma; CS-SUN &comma; Innocent Ekene&comma; Balarabe pledged that the state government committed towards improving the standard of living of the populace through the enhancing of the production of highly nutritious crops &period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;we have improved the status of nutrition in the state&comma; &comma; this may have not been captured due to poor records&period; We now have nutrition sensitive technology in our agric sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;before now&comma; in the processing of crops&comma; we were using methods that devalue the nutrition content of crops&comma; today the story has changed for good&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are up and doing to ensure the problem of releases become an issue of the past&comma; though it is important to note that there have been significant improvement in the nutrition budgeting&comma; releases and utilization of these funds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;we will not relent until we ensure we reach the promised land&comma; we will continue to provide farmers with seeds and fertilizers and grants to produce nutritious foods for public consumption&period;” Balarabe stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The leader of the CS-SUN advocacy team to Kano&comma; Innoent Mr Ekene said the team were in Kano on a support visit to implore the line ministries and MDA’s to invest efforts towards improving on the investments on nutrition&comma; noting that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Kano is big which enlarges the challenges confronting the state and northern Nigeria in the area of malnutrition&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He lamented that &comma; records indicate that 37 percent of children born in Kano are suffering from stunting&comma; he warned that the issue pose a dangerous economic and social threat that demands urgent holistic solutions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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