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[[Image:spirulina_farm.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Spirulina farm in India.]]
[[Image:various_edible_forms.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Spirulina drink, energy bars, chikki, and pills.]]
It improves physical growth as well as cognitive development. It also improves immunity, and therefore helps in fighting and preventing HIV/AIDS and anaemia. Studies show it is also effective against arsenic poisoning, a condition which is extremely hard to combat.
===Suitable Conditions===
Spirulina grows in solutions of specific minerals with the correct chemical balance and a pH of 8-11. There are various different recipes for this, depending on the budget available and the conditions. It needs a minimum of 20˚C to grow substantially, though a temperature of 35-37˚C is most effective. A good amount of sunlight is useful if the culture has a reasonable temperature and concentration. At very low temperature, low concentration of culture, or a culture that is struggling to grow.
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- Does not combat iodine or folic acid deficiency
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===Construction, operations and maintenance===
They pack the Spirulina in dry form of 2 gram sachets and sold to two local NGOs. The Spirulina is also combined with millet, jaggery, and sesame to produce “chikki” a type of energy bar to feed 2000 children per day from slums in the neighborhood. At this scale of production, the facility is extremely efficient, and produces at a cost of 0.01 euro per child per day. They currently do not sell in the open market, as this requires more management and marketing skills, however this is being worked on.
===Manuals, videos and links===
{{#ev:youtube|PZo1y5lqMpA|200|auto|<font size="2"><center>Production and distribution <br>of spirulina</center><font>}}
* [http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/images/watersmartagriculture_CGIAR_2015.pdf Water-Smart Agriculture in East Africa], a collaborative effort by [http://www.care.org/ CARE], [http://globalwaterinitiative.org/ GWI], [http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ IWMI], and [http://www.cgiar.org/ CGIAR]. A 321-page sourcebook for improving water management for smallholder farmers. * PDF: [http://www.antennaspirulinasource.chcom/en/documentsPDF.cfm/Jourdan_UKGrowYourOwnSpirulina.pdf GROW YOUR OWN SPIRULINA]* PDF: French Full version - [httphttps://www.antenna-france.chorg/documentspresse/articles-de-presse/manuelJourdan2061.pdf Cultivez votre spiruline]* Antenna Technologies – malnutrition and spirulina - [httphttps://www.antenna.ch/en/programsactivities/nutrition/spirulina-programs production/ Nutrition: production and supply of spirulina]