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Plumpy'nut

Plumpy'Nut

It's yummy. That's one thing that Plumpy'Nut, a paste made of peanut butter, oil, sugar and vitamins, has going for it. A staple in many orphanages in the developing world, Plumpy'Nut has also been hailed by organizations like the World Food Programme and the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition as a sort of miracle in the fight against child hunger. During the 2005 food crisis in Niger, 90 percent of the 60,000 children treated with the ready-to-use therapeutic food recovered from severe malnutrition Ref. Source 3

Plumpynut

Might also help out our tobacco farmers who are struggling to find crops they can make money on. I really do not think it is a cure for world hunger though, as this issue is caused by world greed.