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Future steps • The implementation of the FANEL business plan to make the lab self-sustaining.• CIP is working with the BecA-ILRI Hub to participate in proficiency testing for all its analytical protocols and ISO certifications. ApproachThrough the FANEL, located at the International Livestock Research Institute-Biosciences for east and central Africa (BecA-ILRI) Hub, CIP supports private sector and research partners to undertake:• Nutritional analysis to support crop biofortification.• Targeted breeding for quality traits.• Post-harvest management analysis for root, tuber and banana crops.• Food product development, including nutritious recipes, storage techniques and commercialization.• Capacity building for national partners on vitamin, carotenoid, mineral, micronutrient and sensory analysis, food microbiology and other scientific and technology methods.ContactTawanda Muzhingi; CIP, Kenya; t.muzhingi@cgiar.orgContext• Many working on nutrition and          value chains in Africa lack access to    high quality lab analyses of food chemistry and safety, nutritional   content or other characteristics     needed for product development.• Samples are often sent outside Africa for evaluation, both costly and laborious.• For the International Potato Center (CIP), this hampered development of nutritious processed foods using orange-fleshed sweetpotato as an ingredient. • This lack of regional capacity prompted CIP to establish the Food and Nutritional Evaluation Laboratory (FANEL).This document is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. [May 2019]CIP thanks all donors and organizations which globally support its work through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust FundKey messages• Food analysis provides information on chemical composition, processing potential, quality control, and contamination of foodstuffs, ensuring compliance with food safety regulations and trade laws.• The consideration of individual nutrients and other food components provides important benchmarks for evaluating overall diet quality. Outcomes• Trained >20 post-doctoral, PhD and masters students in food safety and nutritional analysis.• Supported private companies and NGOs to develop recipes for nutritious processed foods, and national research partners to breed biofortified crops.• Undertakes food compositional and safety analysis, and nutritional evaluation of ≈ 3,500 samples a year.• Training of African officials enhances compliance with food safety regulations related to the processing of root, tuber and banana products.Driving adoption of regional health nutritional standards>20POST-DOC, PhD & MS STUDENTS TRAINED≈ 3,500SAMPLESanalyzed per yearof nutritious food productsSUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT

Driving adoption of regional health nutritional standards

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Driving adoption of regional health nutritional standards

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