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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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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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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

Getting to One Billion

Scaling Up Biofortification

DC

IFPRI

2033

Washington, United States

October 21, 2015

  • 4:15 – 5:45 pm (America/New_York)
  • 10:15 – 11:45 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 1:45 – 3:15 am (Asia/Kolkata)

Speakers: Anna Marie Ball, Manager, Africa Regional Partnerships & Strategic Alliances, HarvestPlus | Howarth Bouis, Director, HarvestPlus | Namukolo Covic, Research Coordinator in the Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Institute | Mahabub Hossain, Advisor to the Executive Director, BRAC & Member of the Global Panel.

Biofortfied nutritious food crops are now available or being grown by farmers in more than 30 countries. Evidence on the nutritional benefits of these crops continues to grow. Biofortification offers a strategy that helps to close the nutrition gap and, with the right partnerships and support, could reach a billion people at risk of hidden hunger by 2030.

Join us as a panel of experts review how far we’ve come, what we’ve learned on the ground about getting these nutritious foods to people, and what we know about the benefits from eating these foods.  We’ll also take a look from the global perspective at how we can strengthen collaborations and sustain the momentum behind interventions such as biofortification to ensure that nutrition remains a global priority.