Webinar on ‘Scaling up Nutrient Enriched Foods through Policy: The Role of Public Support Programmes’ will be jointly organized by HarvestPlus and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) on 23 November 2021 to explore the role of public distribution systems including school feeding programmes and public procurement on food and nutrition security.
The objective of the Webinar:
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One in three people worldwide are malnourished, 768 people are chronically hungry. They go to bed every day hungry, and the trend repeats itself until something changes either they succumb to their condition, or they get access to food. 2 billion people primarily in low- and middle-income countries do not get enough essential vitamins and minerals (micronutrients) in their daily diets.
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Micronutrient deficiencies are also known as “hidden hunger” increase vulnerability to serious health problems, particularly in women and children including stunting, blindness, poor brain development, weakened immunity, and anemia. More than half of the world's undernourished are found in Asia (418 million) and more than one-third in Africa (282 million).
Highlights of Webinar:
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Highlight the potential and progress of tapping into public distribution and public procurement systems such as school feeding programs to expand the reach of biofortified crops and foods to vulnerable populations on a large scale.
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Identify opportunities and challenges to engaging public procurement and distribution systems, and how to meet the supply challenge they often pose.
Speakers Detail:
The event will be moderated by Rewa Shankar Misra, the Head of National Policy and Innovative Finance, HarvestPlus and it will feature:
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Obey Nkya (Senior Advisor, Food Systems Transformation, GAIN Tanzania)
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Anant Arora (Senior Director, Akshaya Patra Foundation, India)
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Dr. Khawaja Masuood Ahmed (National Coordinator, Nutrition and National Fortification Alliance, Pakistan)
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Dr. Edna Akpan (Director of Commercial Farm, Akwa Ibom State Technical Committee on Agriculture and Food Sufficiency, Nigeria)
For Other Details, Please Contact:
Event Name: Scaling up Nutrient Enriched Foods through Policy: The Role of Public Support Programmes
Website: https://www.harvestplus.org/
Date: 23 November 2021
Harvest Plus
Address: HarvestPlus, c/o IFPRI, 1201 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005 USA
Mobile: 202-862-5600
Registration Link:
https://bit.ly/2Z0ymvq
