This project is coordinated by IRD, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
NUTRIPASS unit "Food and Nutrition Research in the Global South"
UMR Nutripass, 911 avenue Agropolis, BP 64501 34394 Montpellier Cedex, FRANCE
Christèle HUMBLOT , Coordinator
Tel : + 33 (0)4 67 41 62 48
Fax: + 33 (0)4 67 41 61 57
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Work-packages
The project comprises 4 work-packages.
Each WP is coordinated by a different partner (WP1: Ethiopia, WP2: France, WP3: Finland, WP4: South-Africa).
WP leaders are helped by one or two co-leaders.
Description of the work to be carried out in each WP:
Work-package 1
WP1: Identification of the folate sources in African and European diets Leader : Dr Kaleab Baye (Ethiopia) Co-leaders : Dr Fatoumata Hama-Ba (Burkina-Faso) & Dr Edwige Landais (France) The objective of this WP is to identify the contribution of cereal-based fermented foods (CBFF) to folate ...
Work-package 2
WP2: Folate production by lactic acid bacteria in African and European cereal-based fermented foods Leader : Dr Christèle Humblot (France) Co-leader : Dr Per Saris (Finland) The objectives of this WP are: i) to estimate the potential of folate biosynthesis by the microorganisms present in the ...
Work-package 3
WP3: Identification of the folate sources in African and European diets Leader : Dr Susanna Kariluoto (Finland) Co-leader : Dr Youna Hemery (France) The main objective of this WP is to measure the amount of folates produced in the different CBFFs by the microorganisms, and to evaluate the ...
Work-package 4
WP4: Feasibility of increasing the folate content in food products and consumer acceptability Leader : Pr Andre Oelofse (South Africa) Co-leader : Dr Charles Parkouda (Burkina-Faso) The objective of this WP is to estimate the achievability of increasing the folate content of the CBFFs (one per ...
The FolEA project is part of the ERA-Net « Developing African-European joint collaboration for Science and Technology » (ERAfrica), financially supported by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme (grant agreement: 266603).