Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health: IFPRI 2020 conference in India

February 10 - 12, 2011 Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health: IFPRI 2020 conference at a glance

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Presentations on Africa:
2A. Cutting Health Risks Along the Value Chain
Incentives to Develop Consumer Demand for Quality Food: Supply Perspectives

Apollo O. Owuor, Agronomy Manager, Kenya Horticultural Exporters Ltd, Kenya

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2B. Learning from Country Case Studies

Ghana: Anna Lartey, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana and President-Elect, International Union of Nutritional Sciences (2009-2013), Ghana

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Panel Discussion: Innovative Approaches and Initiatives for Better Linking Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health

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Ajay Vashee, President, Zambia National Farmers Union, Zambia

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Ministerial Panel

Agnes M. Kalibata, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda

Parallel Session 4A: Africa:

Chair: Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union, Ethiopia

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Perspectives from

Rosanna Agble, Former Chief Nutrition Officer, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Ghana

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Tola Atinmo, Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Ibadan and President, Federation of African Nutrition Societies (FANUS), Nigeria

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Joyce Kinabo, Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania

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Ismael Thiam, Program Officer, Non-Communicable Diseases and Nutrition and Food Security, West African Health Organization (WAHO)of The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Burkina Faso

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Milla McLachlan, Professor, Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

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Rapporteur: Catherine Riungu, Journalist, Nation Media Group, Kenya

Video remarks from Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate in Literature from Nigeria, at the IFPRI 2020 Conference on "Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health," February 11, 2011, New Delhi, India.