AJFAND

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF FOOD, AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND DEVELOPMENT

AJFAND
online version ISSN 1684-5378

Formerly AJFNS

Volume 3 No. 2 November 2003

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The Nestlé Foundation

The Nestlé Foundation supports human nutrition research with public health relevance in low-income countries

At present it is primarily concerned with

-	macronutrient and micronutrient deficiencies and imbalances
-	interactions between nutrition, immune defence and infection
-	effects of malnutrition on the infant and child development
-	malnutrition and genetic polymorphism project with a high short and long term capacity building component as well as sustainability

It does not normally fund

-	*experiments in vitro* and in animals**
-	research in the areas of food policy, food production and food technology
-	food and nutrition surveys

For further information visit the Foundation's website www.nestlefoundation.org or contact the Nestlé Foundation, P.O. Box 581, CH-1001 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Phone: +41 21 320 3351, Fax: +41 21 320 3392