Ms. Simone Zoundi
Simone ZOUNDI is the promoter of the company for the exploitation of food products (SODEPAL) in Burkina Faso, at the same time, she chairs the National Federation of Agri-food and Transformation Industries of Burkina (FIAB). She holds a degree in Finance-Accounting and Business Administration from ESCAE-Toulouse. At the end of the internships in France, Senegal, the US in order to contribute to the development of local agro-sylvo-pastoral, fishery and wildlife resources in order to contribute to the socio-economic promotion of women. Ms. ZOUNDI is specialized in the organization and management of agro-food processing companies. SODEPAL's products, nutritional supplement foods, are marketed to Pharmacy.
02 Sept Thursday
SESSION 4 : PROMISING INITIATIVES TO BE PROMOTED ON FOOD FORTIFICATION : lessons learned, results and impacts
- Food fortification in Africa, constraints, opportunities and prospects Mr. Andreas Bluethner, Director of Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- PROFORT initiative: Local production of fortified supplement foods,Mr. Claude Dijibar, Representative and Country Director, WFP Chad
- Bio-Fortification of staple crops : a review of progress and opportunities in Africa, Mr. Dellings Phiri, Malawi Country Manager, HarvestPlus
- Experience of women entrepreneur on producing complementary food, Ms Simone Zoundi, Executif Officer, SODEPAL, Burkina Faso
- Community production strategy and distribution of infant flour,Prof. Hanta Marie Danielle Vololontiana, National Coordinator for the National Office of Nutrition, Madagascar
- Moderator: Katrien Ghoss, WFP Regional Nutrition Advisor in West Africa
Plenary discussions