Current Food Factories and
their capacities
JAM has come a
long way since 1994. In March 2004 our new, state of
the art, Corn Soya Blend (CSB) food factory was
officially opened in Beira, Mozambique. The Angolan
food factory, which was originally established in
makeshift shipping containers, was also upgraded.
JAM is developing a fully mobile food factory to
operate in Sudan.
JAM's Food
Factories currently boast the following statistics:
Mozambique Food Factory - Beira
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Produces a fully
pre-cooked, vitamin enriched corn soya blend (CSB)
consisting of 65% corn, 25% soya and 10% sugar
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Production capacity is 440
Metric Tons or 4,400,000 meals per month
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At full capacity, utilises
460 Metric Tons of raw commodities
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Provides employment for 52
people, all of which are Mozambican nationals
Angola Food Factory - Lobito
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Produces a highly
nutritious blended food consisting of corn,
beans, oil, milk and sugar
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Production capacity is 230
MetricTons or 2,300,000 meals per month
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At full capacity, utilises
270 Metric Tons of raw commodities
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Provides employment for 50
people
Sudan mobile Food Factory- Boma (under
development)
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Mills and blends various
commodities, including corn, lentils and other
donated commodities
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Production capacity of 80
Metric Tons or 800,000 meals per month
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At full capacity, utilises
94 Metric Tons of raw commodities
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Provides employment for 10
people
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How it all
began...
JAM established its first food factory in
Pambarra, Mozambique in 1994. This factory had the
production capacity of 90 Metric Tons or 900,000 meals per
month. The factory produced a nutritious food blend,
comprising of corn, beans, milk, oil and sugar.
The development of this factory was a
necessity brought about by many factors outside of JAM's
control.
Peter Pretorius, CEO and Chairman of Joint
Aid Management, explains the situation as follows;
"Several years ago JAM faced a crisis. The increasing
inflation rates in the countries in which we work caused
chronic financial shortages. We would therefore be unable to
continue feeding the 100,000 children relying on us. All our
donors were doing their part, but it was still not enough.
The high protein food which we were using at that time was
imported from South Africa and had increased in cost by more
than 80% over 4 years. There were no blended food
commodities available in Mozambique and Angola and the only
solution was to develop our own food production facilities.
This would enable us to blend donated foods thus further
reducing costs within our nutritional feeding programs."
With nutritional deficiencies causing
children to be absent or drop out of school, as well as
impeded learning capacity for those who are strong enough to
make the long walk to school, JAM is working hard to combat
hunger and support these children to progress.
Food security exists when all people,
at all times, have physical and economic access to
sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary
needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
U.N
Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
www.fao.org/fcit/insec.asp
These food factories continue to reduce
costs and provide top quality nutritional food for all JAM's
school feeding and other nutritional feeding programs. JAM
utilises a large quantity of donated foods in their
factories, thus reducing the overall costs. There are many
in need in Africa.
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