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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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4th Annual Agriculture, Nutrition & Health (ANH) Academy Week

Coordinated by the Leverhulme Centre on Integrative Research in Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH), IMMANA and CGIAR’s Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

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Westin Mindspace Hotel

Raheja It Park Hitec City, Madhapur

Hyerbad, India

June 24 to 28, 2019

  • 8:30 – 5:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
  • 11:00 – 8:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 8:30 – 5:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in ANH Academy Week — a series of annual events that bring together the community of researchers and users of research (practitioners and policymakers) working at the intersection of agriculture, nutrition, and health.

The objectives of the ANH Academy Week series is to foster knowledge exchange, innovation and learning around ANH research.

The ANH Academy Week consists of two interlinked components:

1) Learning Labs – a series of training sessions in interdisciplinary agriculture, nutrition and health research;

2) Research Conference – an abstract-driven symposium featuring oral presentations, poster sessions and keynotes speeches, as well as plenary round tables, side events and working group discussions.

Presenter(s)

Title

Date

Time

John McDermott

Welcome Remarks by Organizers*

24-Jun

9:00am

Mehda Devara

Plenary Masterclass on Open Data: What Does it Mean? How to do it?*

24-Jun

9:30am – 10:30am

Kalyani Raghunathan

Parallel Learning Series 1 – Part A*

Affordability of Nutritious Diets 

24-Jun 

11:00am – 12:30pm

Rasmi Avula

Parallel Learning Series 1 – Part A*

Building Implementation Science for Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health

24-Jun

11:00am – 12:30pm

Kalyani Raghunathan

Parallel Learning Series 1 – Part B

Affordability of Nutritious Diets 

24-Jun

1:30pm – 3:00pm

Rasmi Avula

Parallel Learning Series 1 – Part B

Building Implementation Science for Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health

24-Jun

1:30pm – 3:00pm

Jef Leroy

Parallel Learning Series 2

Meaning of Linear Growth: Appropriate use of Growth as a Measure in Development of Children and Adolescents

24-Jun

3:30pm – 5:30pm

Abdullah Mamun

Parallel Learning Series 2

The Role of Aquatic Food Systems in Food and Nutrition Security

24-Jun

3:30pm – 5:30pm

Purnima Menon

Plenary Masterclass on Translating Research*

25-Jun

9:00am – 10:00am

Rasmi Avula

Parallel Learning Series 3 – Part A*

Qualitative Methods 101

25-Jun

10:30am – 12:00pm

Hazel Malapit, Elena MartinezAgnes Quisumbing

Parallel Learning Series 3 – Part A*

Measuring Empowerment in Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Development Projects

25-Jun

10:30am – 12:00pm

Rasmi Avula

Parallel Learning Series 3 – Part B

Qualitative Methods 101

25-Jun

1:00pm-    2:30pm

Hazel Malapit, Elena MartinezAgnes Quisumbing

Parallel Learning Series 3 – Part B

Measuring Empowerment in Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Development Projects

25-Jun

1:00pm-    2:30pm

Shahidur Rashid

Welcome Panel

26-Jun

9:15am – 9:40am

Keith Lividini

Session 1: Economic Drivers of Food Systems and Diets

The Impact of Agricultural Production, Trade and the Food System on Global Nutrient Inequalities and Implications for Nutrient Intervention 

26-Jun

9:40am – 11:00am

Kalyani Raghunathan

Session 1: Economic Drivers of Food Systems and Diets

How Affordable are Nutritious Diets in India? 

26-Jun

9:40am – 11:00am

Jef Leroy

Session 3: Results from Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Programmes – Stream B

The Unintended Effects of Interventions: A Food-Assisted Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Program Contributes to Postpartum Weight Retention in Guatemala 

26-Jun

2:15pm – 3:45pm

 

Samyuktha Kannan

Session 6A: Financial incentives and preference analyses for improved nutrition and health

Designing nutrition-sensitive crop insurance: A field experiment in India

27-Jun2:10pm – 3:30pm
Jef Leroy

Panel Discussion: Lessons learnt in food systems impact evaluation and implementation research

28-Jun9:20am – 10:40am

*Asterisk denotes the session is livestreamed