Improved Foods Scholarship – Supported By DSM

As a longstanding partner of One Young World, DSM is proud to offer the Improved Foods Scholarship for the One Young World Summit.

The scholarship builds on the Africa Improved Foods (AIF) partnership, which is an innovative public private partnership making nutritious fortified foods locally in Africa for Africa with the objective of ending malnutrition.

AIF is a partnership between DSM, IFC, CDC, FMO, Government of Rwanda and the World Food Programme.

In line with the expansion objectives of DSM/AIF to more countries, this scholarship seeks to support young leaders from Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania, Zambia, Ghana, India and Bangladesh who are delivering nutritional solutions for their communities.

The scholarship seeks candidates who are making a positive impact on reducing malnutrition and improving the food value chain in one of the following ways:

• Shaping opinions: raising awareness of the importance of a balanced and nutritional diet.
• Building brands: developing responsible and nutritious brands which are attractive and affordable for the communities who need them most (especially those with low income, at base of pyramid (BoP).
• Producing locally: sustainably producing local produce or nutritional products to serve local communities.
• Improving small holder farmers value chain: developing/implementing programs to eliminate post-harvest losses for small holder farmers and improve quality of their produce (especially for those in Africa).