Nestlé Nigeria received the Best company in Food Security and the Partnership Award of the
Year for its partnership with IDH and Technoserve towards grain improvement at the recently
held Sustainability Enterprise and Responsibility (SERAS) CSR Awards Africa 2021.
This is the second year that Nestlé Nigeria has been recognized as the Best company in Food
Security, a significant affirmation for the world’s leading food company. Nestlé was also
nominated in over 7 categories including Best Company in Circular Economy, Best Company in
Education Intervention, Best Company in Stakeholder Engagement, Best Company in Promotion
of Good-Health & Wellbeing, Best Company in WorkPlace Practice and the CEO of the Year.
The Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager for Nestlé Nigeria, Victoria
Uwadoka, expressed the company’s delight at being recognised for its efforts in Creating Shared
Value across its value chain.
“We are honored to receive these two awards for our efforts in driving Food Security and also
for improving food quality through partnerships. We would like to express our gratitude to our
partners who work closely with us to achieve our goals for improving grain quality while
enhancing the livelihoods of the farmers within our ecosystem.”
“These awards are significant for us in view of the fact that we are Nestlé, the Good Food, Good
Life Company, with a purpose of unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for
everyone, today and for generations to come.
The purpose drives us to make a positive impact
on the lives of people, within our communities and on the environment now, and in the future.”
The Partnership Award of the Year recognised the company’s collaboration with IDH and
Technoserve over the past 18 months to help 5,000 farmers within the company’s ecosystem to
improve the yield and quality of their grains.
The Nestlé, IDH and Technoserve Developing
Inclusive Grain Value Chains project is building the capacity of farmers and aggregators across
the grain value chain through training on proper grain handling, storage, and testing, as well as
entrepreneurial and financial skills.
In addition, the logistics partners are receiving training on
proper handling of grains during transit to ensure the end-to-end integrity of the grains from
farmgate to the factory gate
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