Micronutrient Forum: 6th Global Conference

Nutrition for Resilience (N4R)
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  

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

 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

 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