Overview
MaryaNutri creates highly nutritious innovative insect-fortified foods to treat severe acute malnutrition in children. The company highlights that insects are sustainable food sources requiring significantly fewer resources than traditional livestock in terms of water, land, and CO₂ emissions.
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- 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻-𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶’𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 MaryaNutri is delighted to celebrate the publication of new research led by our founder, Maryam Imbumi: “Fungal contamination, mycotoxins, histamine, and allergen-related immunoreactivity in edible insects and insect-fortified complementary foods,” published by Frontiers in the journal 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. The study combines culture-based mycology, fungal morphology, DNA extraction, PCR, ITS and LSU D1/D2
- 𝗠𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁-𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲. 🔬🧪 MaryaNutri continues advancing the scientific, technical and institutional pathway for 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶 𝗟𝗡𝗦, while strengthening collaborations in East Africa and exploring new public-health pathways across the continent. 🌍 We are grateful to Prof. James Njiru, Executive Director of the African Institute for Capacity Development
- A lot is moving quietly behind the scenes at MaryaNutri 🧪🌍 Since our June discussions with the African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD), the collaboration has progressed into more substantive 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰, 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. I remain grateful to Prof. James Njiru Executive Director #AICAD, Prof. John Kinyuru and Prof. Judith Kimiywe for the continued engagement. 🤝 As part of this institutional collaboration, #AICAD has also appointed me as 𝗔𝗱𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁
- We are pleased to share this encouraging step for MaryaNutri. Today, we had a productive meeting with the African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD) to explore collaboration on addressing malnutrition through evidence-based and preventive nutrition approaches in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. The discussion highlighted promising opportunities for partnership around community nutrition, capacity building, and sustainable food systems, with the shared goal of improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations. At MaryaNutri,
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