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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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EAT-Lancet Commission Report Launch in Bangladesh

Co-Organized by IFPRI, EAT, and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

Lakeshore Hotel

Dhaka, Bangladesh

February 13, 2019

  • 9:30 – 1:30 pm (America/New_York)
  • 3:30 – 7:30 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 8:00 – 12:00 am (Asia/Kolkata)
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With more than 3 billion people malnourished and food production driving climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, a transformation of the global food system is urgently needed.

Findings from the Eat-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets From Sustainable Food Systems provides the first scientific targets for a healthy diet from a sustainable food production system that operates within planetary boundaries for food. The report promotes diets consisting of a variety of plant-based foods, with low amounts of animal-based foods, refined grains, highly processed foods, and added sugars, and with unsaturated rather than saturated fats.

The work behind the report is the result of a collaboration between 37 experts from 16 countries with expertise in health, nutrition, environmental sustainability, food systems, economics and political governance. Stockholm Resilience Centre was the scientific coordinator of the report.

PROGRAM

9:30

10:00

REGISTRATION & TEA/COFFEE

10:00

10:05

Welcome and Setting the Stage: Dr. Akhter Ahmed, Country Representative, IFPRI Bangladesh

10:05

10:40

Video Presentation on EAT-Lancet Commission Report

10:40

10:55

Bangladesh Context:

Dietary Changes from Current Diets Toward Healthy Diets: Dr. Rudaba Khondker, Country Director, GAIN

10:55

11:10

Environmentally Sustainable Food Production: Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

11:10

11:20

Address by Guest of Honour: Her Excellency Sidsel Bleken, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway

11:20

11:25

Address by Chair: Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, Executive Chairman, Power & Participation Research Centre (PPRC)

  

Panel Speakers:

11:25

11:35
  1. Government Policies to Improve Diets, Nutrition and Health in Bangladesh: Dr. Md. Ruhul Amin Talukder, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

11:35

11:45
  1. Micronutrient Deficiency in Bangladesh: Dr. Kaosar Afsana, Professor, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University

11:45

11:55
  1. Food Systems for Healthy Diets in the Context of the Country Investment Plan for Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition: Dr. Lalita Bhattacharjee, Senior Nutritionist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

11:55

12:05
  1. From Farm to the Plate: Role of Markets in Developing a Nutrition-Sensitive Food Value Chain: Dr. Nazneen Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow, Food Safety, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)

12:05

12:25

Open Discussion

12:25

12:30

Reflections from Chair and Launching the EAT-Lancet Commission Report

12:30

13:30

LUNCH

 

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