Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Workshop on Food Education

6 - 8 October , 2008, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Graduate Programs Building, Conference Hall, Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University

Call for Research Papers and Posters. 

• Deadline for Posters : August 30, 2008
• Deadline for Research papers: August 20, 2008

Invited Plenary Lectures

• Vantage Points for Food Insecurity in Africa, Mr. Josue Dione, Director, Food Security and Sustainable Development Division, UNECA, Ethiopia
• Prospects and Challenges of Food Security in Ethiopia, Dr. Zewdie Woldegebriel, National Consultant, Ethiopia 
• GMO and Food Security in Africa, Professor Francis M. Mathooko, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
• Challenges and Opportunities of Higher Education Towards Realizing Food Security, Dr. Vasudeva Singh, Central Food Technology Research Institute, India
• Innovation, Technology Transfer and Food Security, Mr. Steeve, Valid International, UK
• Gender Equality and Food Security, W/O Mulumebet Melaku, Ministy of Agriculture and Rural Development, A.A., Ethiopia 
• Micronutrients, Malnutrition and Child Survival, Dr. Ikbal Kabir, UNICEF Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

These plenary lectures are supplemented by poster sessions and research papers for which contributions are invited.