African Regional Workshop 2010

The 2010 African Regional Workshop will be on:


"The Right to Adequate Food and Nutrition:  Implications for Food Science and Nutrition Education, Public Policy, Food Fortification and Distribution Activities in Africa."

Plenary Lectures

• Policy premises and role of Governments towards a healthy nutrition,  
  Dr Irwin H. Rosenberg, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston,  USA
• Impact of agro-fuels on food security, 
  Professor S. K Rakshit, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
• The Role of Associations (Economic, Food and Nutrition related) for food education and research disseminations,  
  Mr. Andrew Ladds,  SCI International Headquarters, London, UK
• Biosafety issues: Challenges facing biotechnology development in Africa,  
  Professor Hamadi Iddi Boga, Department of  Botany, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
• Agricultural research in Africa: Challenges to food and nutrition security, 
  Professor Francis M. Mathooko, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
• Agricultural biodiversity for sustaining  food, 
  Dr Mercy Mwaniki, Institute of biotechnology research, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
• Food science and nutrition education in Africa,  
  Professor Joyce K. Kikafunda, Department of food science and technology, Makarere University, Kampla, Uganda
• Food fortification activities in Africa, 
  Dr Peter Mamiro, Department of Food Science and Technology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
• Role of higher education for food security and safety, 
  Dr Tesfaye Semela, Hawassa,  University, Ethiopia
• African food processing Industries and future prospects, 
  Professor Charles Akanabi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
• Mainstreaming nutrition in development programmes and policies, Prof. I A Onimawo, Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Nigeria
• IUFoST's Programmatic Thrusts for Sub Saharan Africa, 
  Emeritus Professor Daryl Lund, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Food Science, Chair IUFoST Distance Education Initiative 
• Food Safety issues in Africa,  
  Dr Lucia Anelich, Food Safety Initiative, Consumer Goods Council of South Africa, South Africa 
  

Call for Papers

Deadlines:

• Posters: 30 June 2010
• Research papers: 20 June 2010 

Contributions are invited for poster and oral presentations to supplement the invited plenary lectures. Authors are requested to register and submit abstracts online.

Organising Committee

National Organising Committee:

• Professor Nigussie  Retta, Director, Food Science Program, Addis Ababa University (AAU) 
• Mr Tilahun Bekele, Instructor, Food Science Program, AAU 
• Dr Shimelis Admassu, Food Engineering, Technology Faculty, AAU
• Dr David Spielman, IFPRI, Ethiopia
• Mr Yitaw Abebe, GTZ, Ethiopia
• Dr Gulelat Desse, Instructor, Food Science Program, AAU  

International Organising Committee:

• Professor Nigussie  Retta, Director, Food Science Program, AAU
• Professor Emeritus Daryl Lund, IUoFST
• Professor S. K. Rakshit, Asian institute of Technology, Thailand
• Professor Fransis  M. Mathooko, Jomo Kenyata University, FOSSNA
• Professor Keshavan Niranjan, University of Reading UK
• Dr Gulelat Desse, Instructor, Food Science Program, AAU 
• Professor I. A. Onimawo, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria
• Dr N. Nnyepil, University of Botswana