Canada-based Malnutrition Matters Inc. won nearly US$150,000 for Rural Micro-Enterprise for Nutrition in Orissa, which it will implement with Orissa-based partner Bharat Integrated Social Welfare Agency (BISWA). Orissa's 50 percent malnutrition rate is among the highest in the world, so the project's goal is to use a system, known as VitaGoat, that produces high protein food, primarily in the form of soy milk, to improve children's nutrition. Here's what Malnutrition Matters' Hart Jansson has to say about Development Marketplace:

I would like to encourage small NGO's, non-profits and for-profits to consider getting involved in the Development Marketplace next year. It is a great event to meet with world-class experts in various fields, to learn from one's peers, to get ideas and to meet potential donors. It was a fantastic event with representation from around the world. Thanks to the World Bank and their highly professional staff! Here are a couple of pictures that give some of the event flavour.