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Highest cost for healthy diet in Latin America and the Caribbean: UN Report

Highest cost for healthy diet in Latin America and the Caribbean: UN Report

131 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean cannot access a healthy diet A new United Nations report finds that 22.5 percent of the Latin America and the Caribbean population cannot afford a healthy

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Nestlé Health Science announces $43 M investment to expand US facility

Nestlé Health Science announces $43 M investment to expand US facility

Investment to bolster manufacturing capabilities, enhance sustainable packaging efforts and generate new local jobs Nestlé Health Science has announced a $43 million investment to expand its manufacturing facility in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in the US. The investment will

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Sirio Pharma completes acquisition of Best Formulations to advance nutrition and health portfolio

Sirio Pharma completes acquisition of Best Formulations to advance nutrition and health portfolio

Synergies to bring higher growth and long-term value Sirio Pharma, a global contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Best Formulations LLC, a leading contract manufacturer of

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Japan provides $130 M to tackle deepening global hunger crisis

Japan provides $130 M to tackle deepening global hunger crisis

Japan has consistently been one of World Food Programme’s top donors The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a contribution of around $130 million from the Government of Japan to support vulnerable people

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UN calls for urgent action to tackle acute malnutrition

UN calls for urgent action to tackle acute malnutrition

To protect the most vulnerable children in 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis Currently, more than 30 million children in the 15 worst-affected countries suffer from wasting or acute malnutrition

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Australia helps deliver food security with major international grant

Australia helps deliver food security with major international grant

Project aims to end hunger worldwide by improving the complex process of photosynthesis to increase crop production An international consortium of scientists has received a $34 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural

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Korea establishes food consortium for UN Organisations and WFP procurement

Korea establishes food consortium for UN Organisations and WFP procurement

Korean companies to recognise their possibilities to enter the UN procurement markets for the near future Under the Fortified Food Project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), for the purposes

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Tajikistan receives $50 M grant to address food and nutrition insecurity

Tajikistan receives $50 M grant to address food and nutrition insecurity

$50 million grant will help enhance the overall resilience of the agriculture sector The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved additional grant financing of $50 million from the Crisis Response window for the Strengthening

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Nestlé to invest over CHF 100 M by 2030 in low-carbon logistics for water brands

Nestlé to invest over CHF 100 M by 2030 in low-carbon logistics for water brands

Partnering to roll out a hydrogen-powered train route in France from 2025 Nestlé is investing over CHF 100 million by 2030 in low-carbon logistics for its three international water brands - S. Pellegrino, Acqua Panna and Perrier. This investment will focus

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Mondelēz sells gum business to Perfetti Van Melle Group for $1.35 B

Mondelēz sells gum business to Perfetti Van Melle Group for $1.35 B

Advances strategy to accelerate growth and focus portfolio on attractive chocolate, biscuits and baked snacks categories Mondelēz International has entered into definitive agreements to sell its developed-market gum business in the United States, Canada and Europe