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254. Chandrasekhara, M.R. 1974. Vegetable proteins for
combatting protein malnutrition in developing countries. In:
Proceedings Fourth International Congress Food Science
and Technology. Madrid, Spain: International Union of
Food Science & Technology. 6 vols. See vol. 5, p. 257-66.
Held 23-27 Sept. 1974 at Madrid, Spain. [14 ref]
• Summary: Edible peanut flour is used in India to help the
hungry and malnourished. Bal Ahar (“children’s food”) is a
dry blend of flours from cereals, oil seed meals, and pulses;
several formulas have been used, including one (Formula
IV) containing 15% soya flour. Miltone, a milk-like
preparation containing peanut protein isolate, has been
produced at the Bangalore Dairy for the past six years;
production has increased from 5,180 liters in 1966-67 to
1,047,797 liters in 1973-74.
Aflatoxin is a problem in peanut meal. In India, edible
peanut protein concentrate is mostly used in child feeding
programmes. Soya flour has recently been introduced,
however large quantities are not yet available for feeding
programmes. Yet the CARE organization in India is
importing CSM (85% bulgar wheat flour and 15% solvent
extracted soya flour) as well as soya flour, and using both in
its programmes. Sesame flour is still in the developmental
stage. A high protein food named India Multipurpose Food
was used in school feeding programmes as a supplement to
staple food; it was a blend of 75 parts edible peanut flour
and 25 parts of chick pea flour–fortified with vitamins and
minerals. Address: Project Administrator and Coordinator,
Miltone Project, (Ministry of Agriculture) Bangalore Dairy,
Bangalore–560029, India. Present address: 53, 13 Cross
Road, Malleswaram, Bangalore, 560003, India.
255. Silva, C.C. de. 1974. The Ceylon Meals for Millions
Foundation and the Poshanaya Exhibition, February 1974.
MEALS FOR MILLIONS, SOY, AND FREEDOM FROM HUNGER 111
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Paper presented in Ceylon. 4 p. Undated. Unpublished
manuscript.
• Summary: In August 1971 the Ceylon MFM Foundation
started a vigorous campaign to popularize the cultivation of
soya on a large scale; “a memorandum was submitted to the
Minister of Agriculture and Lands. A feasibility report was
prepared and given to the Ministry, which was followed by
an interview with the Secretary of the Ministry and a visit to
the Agricultural Research Station at Maha Illuppalama...
arrangements were made to have a public seminar on soya
cultivation as well as utilization in 1972 and 1973, but this
had to be postponed several times due to lack of planting
material [soybeans]. In September, 1973, however, we
decided not to have the Seminar.
“The Prime Minister inaugurated the Food Production
War on 20th September 1973 with the appointment of 22
Political Authorities and it was decided to launch a
campaign for the cultivation of subsidiary crops, which
included cereal, pulses, roots and tuber crops on an islandwide
basis, with a special co-ordinating Secretariat of the
Planning Ministry at its helm.”
The exhibition was sponsored and organized by the Sri
Lanka MFM Foundation. Dr. Walter Fernando is director of
the Soya Bean Project of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Address: Prof. de Silva is President, Sri Lanka Meals for
Millions Foundation.
256. Meals for Millions Foundation. 1975. The question is
not whether we will help, but how [Annual report 1974].
Santa Monica, California: MFM Foundation. 6 p. 28 cm.
• Summary: Mark M. Sterner is Executive Director. Cover
is as if this were one issue of the Meals for Millions
Newsletter. In the upper left corner is MFM’s logo (slightly
redesigned) of a plant growing out of mounded soil in a
bowl which is half of a globe. Below that: “Self-help for a
hungry world.” The pages are unnumbered.
Contents: MFM provides the “how” in Korean
beverage plant (The plant began regular operation in July
1974, producing Super D soy beverage, bottled and
inexpensive enough to compete with soft drinks. Mr. Jong-
Yoon Chun is president of Sam Yang Foods). MFM sends
seeding machine to Ecuador for planting soybeans. MFM
moves into new self-help project in Midwest (Bootheel,
Missouri). MFM’s International Institute of Protein Food
Technology (Patricia Stevens, program director, says “the
course will bear the official title of ‘Low-Cost, High Protein
Foods’”). Tennessee. Uganda. New Mexico. Shipments of
MPF to drought victims in countries bordering the rainless
Sahara.
How MFM spent its donor dollars in 1973. Income:
$486,544 (up 28.9% from last year) of which 3.4% used for
general administration, 9.5% for public relations, 17.5% for
fund raising, and 69% for programs.