PAEPARD - FARA: WEBINAR: Rice fortification - a key opportunity to reach more people with fortified food

Monday, September 6, 2021

WEBINAR: Rice fortification - a key opportunity to reach more people with fortified food

2 September 2021. Rice fortification - a key opportunity to reach more people with fortified food. By GAIN. This webinar presented the latest progress in attempts to transition from unfortified to fortified rice in countries with a high burden of malnutrition; shared results from the utilization of new delivery platforms; discussed efforts to identify countries with the greatest potential for benefitting from rice fortification; engage representatives of governments at different stages of implementation and scale up, as well as representatives from the private sector and the advocacy community.

Moderator: Paul Newnham, Director of the SDG2 Advocacy Hub & Coordinator of Chef’s Manifesto and feature:
Moderator: Paul Nicholson, Head of Rice Research and Sustainability, Olam International Limited;
Yannick Foing, Global Director, Nutrition Improvement, DSM;
Scott Montgomery, Director, Food Fortification Initiative;
Corinne Ringholz, Food Fortification Advisor for the Nutrition Division, WFP;
Manpreet Chadha, Senior Technical Advisor for Food Fortification, Nutrition International;
Amadou Sall Dial, Chairman, Senegalese Committee for Micronutrient Food Fortification
Ram Chandra Das, Director General, Department of Women Affairs, Bangladesh;
Walter Vílchez Dávila, Director, CENAN-MINSA, Peru;
Radhika Khandelwal, Chef and Owner, Radish Hospitality & Chefs’ Manifesto Representative.