http://www.fao.org/cfs/home/events/nutrition-events/en/ This event is part of a series of events to “develop common understanding of issues and lay the basis for informed CFS policy convergence work” on nutrition and food systems, called for by the strategy “CFS engagement in advancing nutrition”. In line with this strategy, this event aims to increase common understanding about how policies and investment opportunities can improve nutrition through healthier food systems. The theme was proposed by the CFS Open Ended Working Group on Nutrition, based on the UNSCN Discussion Paper on the topic and can help build learning in advance of CFS policy convergence on nutrition and food systems, anticipated after CFS 44. This event will highlight the opportunities and constraints that different food systems offer for interventions for good nutrition and human health. It will share examples of different food systems and investments, and learn about their implications for other sectors by discussing linkages, tensions and trade-offs This is the presentation provided by Marie Konaté, CEO, Protein Kissée-la’, Côte d’Ivoire

1. Creating a company is transforming
a conviction in a reality !
Marie Diongoye Konaté – CEO
FAO – Roma May 2017
Des Aliments de
Qualité pour un
Avenir Meilleur

2.  Improving nutrition through the offer of manufactured fortified
foods, distributed throughout the country and sold at affordable
prices for the poor population
 Reducing rural poverty through the promotion of food crops from
local agriculture, especially by offering a reliable outlet for local
producers of soybeans, rice and maize
 Giving sustainable outlet to rural women and making them true
partners of an agribusiness
Adaptation to local conditions (consumption habits, lifestyles and
people income)
 Developing of a local agribusiness, profitable and competitive,
respectful of laws and rules of international management and global
standards of quality.
PKL’S GOALS
PKL, Roma May 2017

3. SMALL ENTERPRISE ... BIG CHOICES
Build a bridge between the rural and the industry… A VOCATION
Contribute to improve nutrition for child and adults… A MISSION
Produce high quality food at an affordable price… A DUTY
Respect all our commitments… AN OBLIGATION
 Become one of the best food producer in West Africa…AN AMBITION
Reject absolutely all forms of corruption…OUR ETHICS
Anti-corruption Charter displayed everywhere in the workplace
Reflect HOPE for a better FUTURE in Africa… OUR PRIDE
PKL, Roma May 2017

4. MAIN ACTIVITIES
Manufacture and commercialization of fortified infant cereals
Manufacture of corn meal and semolina
Production of food for humanitarian aid: MML and CSB
Production of CSB for PNN, PEPFAR and many NGOs
Valuation of traditional Ivorian women know-how in processing
cassava, through a win-win partnership with rural producers
NEW PROJECT : Production of a new vehicle for micronutrients, a
fortified couscous of cassava ready-to-eat for pregnant and lactating
women : “Attiéké Maman” PKL, Roma May 2017

5. OUR PRODUCTS
PKL, Roma May 2017