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The WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger organized a panel discussion on the human consumption of cotton oil during the XXV Brazilian Congress of Nutrition (CONBRAN). The panel “Revisiting Cotton Oil: An Alternative to Food and Health Promotion” brought four experts to sensitize health and nutrition professionals about the potential benefits of using cotton oil as an alternative to other vegetable oils.<\/span><\/p>\n This discussion is part of the project \u201cAlternatives for the distribution of by-products of cotton and combined crops in Africa\u201d, signed recently between the WFP Centre of Excellence, the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC), and the Brazilian Cotton Institute (IBA). The objective of the project is to contribute to increasing the income of smallholder cotton producers in four African countries and to improving the nutritional quality of school meals. The countries participating in the project are Benin, Mozambique, Kenya, and Tanzania.<\/span><\/p>\n The experts Alexandre da Silva, Cl\u00e1udio Augusto Rodrigues, Guilherme Theodoro Oliveira, and Albaneide Peixinho presented a historical review of the cotton sector and its uses, the viability of the cotton crop in consortium with other cultures, the technological, nutritional and gastronomic aspects of cotton oil, and the prospects for using this cotton byproduct in Brazil and in Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/centrodeexcelencia.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1-1-1024x679.jpg\")
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