IFPRI is pleased to participate in this year’s Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, being held at the World Forum in The Hague October 16–20, with a focus on “Nutrition for Resilience (N4R)”. As the world faces multiple, complex, and cascading challenges that threaten nutrition and micronutrient security, this conference will bring together diverse delegates from many sectors and disciplines to advance evidence-based agendas for better nutrition and resilience. The event aims to advance integrated research and strengthen policy dialogues that can accelerate progress toward global nutrition and development goals. Two large-scale IFPRI led CGIAR research initiatives on nutrition Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH) and Sustainable Healthy Diets (SHiFT) will be featured, and Harvest Plus, which has been providing biofortification solutions for twenty years, will feature its progress and future plans. A large number of IFPRI researchers will be contributing to the conference sessions and look forward to engaging with nutrition experts from around the world!
Food and Nutrition Policy (FNP)
| Name and Title | Session | Date | Time (CEST)/ Location |
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Session 1: CGIAR Innovations Showcase – Speaker Alan De Brauw, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Session 2: Panel Discussion – Panelist Inge Brouwer, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI | CGIAR Innovations in Transforming Food Systems for Nourishing Nations |
October 16, 2023 |
1:30 – 3:00pm Yangtze Hall |
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Decolonializing Global Nutrition Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI |
Opening Plenary Panel 2- Global Female Leaders |
October 16, 2023 | 3:30 – 5:00pm |
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Strengthening social protection to improve diet quality among the poor Daniel Gilligan, Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI), IFPRI | Economic Factors and Behavior Change as Drivers of Demand for Dietary Quality |
October 17, 2023 |
1:45 – 3:15pm |
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Jef Leroy, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI | Milk safety and child nutrition impacts of the MoreMilk training, certification, and marketing scheme for informal dairy vendors–a cluster-randomized controlled evaluation |
October 17-18, 2023 | 12:30-1:30pm |
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Chair & Symposium Introduction Jef Leroy, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Dietary intake among adolescents and their mothers in urban, peri-urban, and rural Vietnam Phuong Nguyen, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI | Adolescent nutritional status, dietary intake, and the food environment in Ghana and Vietnam |
October 18, 2023 |
3:30-5:00pm Onyx Hall |
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Adolescents in urban Ghana make their own food choices Elodie Becquey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI | SHIFT Symposium |
October 18, 2023 | 3:30-5:00pm Onyx Hall |
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Characterizing the food environment in urban, peri-urban, and rural Vietnam Gabriela Fretes, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI Adolescents’ food environment in Accra, Ghana: the good, the bad, and the ugly Lieven Huybregts, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI | Adolescent nutritional status, dietary intake and the food environment in Ghana and Vietnam |
October 18, 2023 | 3:30-5:00pm Onyx Hall |
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What is known about the effectiveness of social assistance programs for improving women’s and children’s micronutrient intake and associated nutritional status indicators Deanna Olney, Director, Nutrition, Diets, and Health (NDH), IFPRI (Track co-chair, Session Moderator & Presenter) |
Track 3: Program Implementation and Effectiveness Leveraging Social Assistance Programs for Micronutrient Nutrition and Climate Resilience |
October 19, 2023 |
8:30-10:00am King Willem Alexander Hall |
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Moira Angel, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRI | Is unhealthy food and beverage consumption associated with nutrient inadequacy of young children in peri-urban Kenya? |
HarvestPlus
| Name and Title | Session | Date | Time (CEST) / Location |
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Co-chair and Presenters Erick Boy, Chief Nutritionist, HarvestPlus Jen Foley, Senior Program Manager, HarvestPlus |
Track 2: Efficacy and Safety of Micronutrient Interventions Biofortification as Foundational for Resilient Food Systems |
October 17, 2023 |
10:30am – 12:00pm Mississippi Hall |
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Linking Agriculture and Human Nutrition: History and The Role of Food Staples Howarth Bouis, Emeritus Fellow, IFPRI, World Food Prize Laureate Scaling models in Asia and the power of partnerships Arun Baral, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), HarvestPlus |
HarvestPlus Sponsored Symposia Twenty Years of Enriching Diets with Biofortification: The Path to Enriching 100 Million Lives and Beyond |
October 17, 2023 |
3:30 – 5:00pm |
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Co-chair and Presenter Erick Boy, Chief Nutritionist, HarvestPlus |
Track 2: Efficacy and Safety of Micronutrient Interventions Micronutrient Status and Interventions: Relationships with Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) |
October 19, 2023 |
10:30am – 12:00pm Mississippi Hall |