| Improving food
safety of informally vended foods in Southern Africa
(Ghana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) and Asia (India)
Duration of project: 15th February
2005 to 15th January 2006
This project is jointly managed by the Natural Resources
Institute (NRI) of the University of Greenwich, UK,
Food
Research Institute, Ghana, National Institute for
Scientific & Industrial Research (NISIR), Zambia,
City Health Department (CHD), Zimbabwe and Jadavpur
University, India. It is funded by the Department
for International Development (DFID) Crops
Post Harvest Programme (CPHP).
Project summary and outputs
Previous CPHP funded projects have sought to improve
livelihoods of street and informal food vendors and
the health of consumers through the coalition approach.
This project will bring together coalitions in Ghana,
Zambia, and Zimbabwe and introduce a new one in Kolkata,
India. It will explore ways of strengthening and improving
the sustainability of the coalitions using the knowledge
management concept so that information is utilised more
effectively by the partnerships. Modules will be developed
that document the food safety management approach developed
by the coalitions to facilitate other towns and cities
who wish to explore ways of improving the livelihoods
of vendors and consumer health.
The street food project activities in Ghana have been
incorporated into a documentary filmed by Television
for the Environment (TVE). This forms part of the
‘Hands On Series’, and will be shown on
BBC World and BBC News24 in August. For more information
see the informal project
newsletter for March 2005.
For more information about this project click
here [PDF 489Kb]
For more information about knowledge management approach
in this project click
here [PDF 44Kb]
| Vendors in Kolkata,
India |
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| Vendor in Accra,
Ghana |
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| Vendor in Lusaka,
Zambia |
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| Vendors in Harare,
Zimbabwe |
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Coalition partnerships in UK, Zambia,
Zimbabwe and India:
United Kingdom
Ghana
- Food
Research Institute, Accra, Accra, Ghana (Dr. P-N.
T Johnson - paaniijohnson@yahoo.com)
- Food & Drugs Board of Ghana, Accra (Mr K. van
Ess - fdb@ghana.com)
- University
of Ghana, Legon (Dr G. T-M. Kwadzo - gtkwadzo@ug.edu.gh)
- Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science & Technology,
Kumasi (Dr J. A. M. Awudza, Department of Chemistry
- johannes_awudza@yahoo.com
and Dr W.O. Ellis, Department of Biochemistry - ellisWO@yahoo.com)
- Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Accra (Mr Aryeetey
- niicoleman@yahoo.com)
- Ghana Traditional Caterers Association, Box 110,
Burden Powell Hall, Accra (Mr E. K. Apraku, Chairman)
- Consumer Association of Ghana, Box TF 81, Trade
Fair Centre, Accra (Dr F. D. Tay)
Zambia
- National
Institute for Scientific & Industrial Research,
Lusaka (Dr Rodah M. Zulu rmzulu@zamnet.zm)
- Lusaka City Council, PO Box 30789, Lusaka (Mr Misheck
Zyuulu - chabchanda@yahoo.co.uk)
- Central Board of Health, Lusaka (Mr Fordson. Nyirenda
- fnyirenda@cboh.org)
- Food
and Drugs Control Laboratory, Ministry of Health
, Lusaka (Mrs Margaret Mazhamo - mazhamoms@yahoo.com)
- Ministry
of Commerce, Trade and Industry; (Mr Boniface
Kunda, e-mail: comtrade@zamnet.zm
& bkunda@mcti.gov.zm)
- Ministry of Health, Po Box 30205, Lusaka (Mrs Christabel
Malijani - fnyirenda@cboh.org)
Zimbabwe
India
Jadavpur
University, 188, Raja S.C. Mallik Road, Kolkata:
700 032, West Bengal, India (Professor Joyashree Roy
- jroy@cal2.vsnl.net.in)
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