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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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3rd Agriculture, Nutrition & Health (ANH) Academy Week

Kempinski Hotel

Gold Coast City

Accra, Ghana

June 25 to 29, 2018

  • 8:30 – 6:00 pm (Africa/Accra)
  • 4:30 – 2:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 2:00 – 11:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating extensively in the 3rd Annual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week.  

The ANH Academy Week program will feature Learning Labs (training workshops) offered by ANH Academy partners, a scientific Research Conference with invited papers, poster and panel sessions, and many opportunities for networking with other researchers and research-users.

IFPRI Participants:

Presenter

Title

Date 

Time

Noora-Lisa Aberman 

Qualitative Research Methods for ANH research

June 25

11:00am to 12:30pm

Janet Hodur 

Communicate so Someone Hears You:  Tools to Effectively Reach Your Audiences (and Traps to Avoid)

June 25

3:30pm to 5:30pm

Hazel Malapit 

Integrating Gender into Ag-Nutrition Research

June 25

3:30pm to 5:30pm

Namukolo Covic 

Collaborate:  A Team Player Game to Tackle Food System Challenges

June 26

10:30am to 12:00pm

Agnes Quisumbing, Jessica HeckertElena MartinezHazel Malapit 

Using Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) for Nutrition Sensitive Programming

June 26

10:30am to 12:00 pm

Namukolo Covic 

Collaborate:  A Team Player Game to Tackle Food System Challenges

June 26

1:00 to 2:30 pm

Agnes Quisumbing, Jessica HeckertElena MartinezHazel Malapit 

Using Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) for Nutrition Sensitive Programming

June 26

1:00 to 2:30 pm

Agnes Quisumbing 

What Dimensions of Women’s Empowerment Matter for Nutritional Outcomes? Evidence from Six Countries in Africa and Asia

June 27

10:10am to 10:20am

Kalle Hirvonen 

Adoption of a Government-Led Homestead Gardening Program in Ethiopia

June 27

11:35am to 11:45am

Derek Headey 

Re-Assessing Africa’s Health and Nutritional Outcomes Through the Lens of its Diverse Farming Systems

June 27

11:35am to 11:45am

Abdullah Al Mamun 

Impact of Different Agroecosystems on Household Food Consumption, Health Outcomes and Autonomy of Adolescent Girls in Seafood Farming Communities in Bangladesh

June 27

12:25pm to 12:35pm

Marco Santacroce 

Some Good Food Today or Some Advice on Better Food Choices for Tomorrow?

June 27

3:25pm to 3:35pm

Michael Tedla Diressie 

On the Radio:  Using Serial Mini-Dramas to Promote Orange Sweet Potato in Uganda

June 27

3:35pm to 3:45pm

Aulo Gelli 

Community-Based Early Childhood Development Center Platform Promoting Diversified Diets and Food Production Improves the Adequacy of Nutrient Intake of Pre-School Children in Malawi:  A Cluster Randomized Trial

June 27

3:55pm to 4:05pm

Jessica Heckert  

Development and Validation of a Health and Nutrition Empowerment Module for the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

June 28

9:00am to 9:10am

Caitlin Herrington 

Country Prioritization for Biofortified Crop Interventions Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America

June 28

9:20am to 9:30am

Keith Lividini 

The Impact of Agricultural Specialization and Trade on Inadequate Nutrient Consumption Over Time

June 28

11:30am to 11:40am

Beliyou Haile 

What are the Nutritional Effects of Climatic and Weather Shocks?  Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

June 28

4:25pm to 4:35pm

Alan de Brauw 

Market Access and Changes in the Structure of Food Consumption:  Evidence from Nigeria

June 29

9:00am to 10:20am

Jef Leroy 

The Impact of Reducing Dietary Aflatoxin Exposure on Child Linear Growth in Kenya: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial

June 29

1:50pm to 3:25pm