The World Food Programme has sought partnerships with local rice millers who can produce fortified rice to complement the UN body’s food baskets for charity programs in Cambodia.
The WFP had sought support from the Cambodia Rice Federation find rice millers with the capacity, CRF secretary-general Mou Sarith said.
It was the first time the WFP had wanted to use that kind of rice produced locally for its food baskets, according to Mr. Sarith, who was visited by a WFP delegation in Phnom Penh recently to discuss the topic.
Fortified rice kernels look, taste and cook like ordinary rice and are combined with regular rice at a ratio of 1 to 100, the WFP says.
