Demand for Plumpy'Nut Outstrips Supply
Dissatisfaction about the availability of Plumpy'nut keeps brewing under the surface but still not much of it is out in the open.
This from an e-mail by Jeff Johnson at Birdgsong-Peanuts (used with his permission):
. . . Demand for Plumpy Nut is many times what Nutriset and their licensees can supply, yet Nutriset won't expand production. We have asked a number of times and they refuse to grant a license outside of the countries where Plumpy Nut is used. I like using local production but the problem is demand is many times what Nutriset and the local licencees can supply. . . .
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3 comments:
HI! I just learned about PN from surfing the web. Do you have any further information on this? Is there any way a housewife in middle America could help these tiny babies half way across the world???
This wikipedia site lists several projects:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumpy%27nut
Food for Famine is producing a similar product call Cibo (food in Italian). If any organization is in need of this product, it is given free of charge based upon availability. www.foodforfamine.org
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