Virtual Brown Bag: Biofortification - Nutritionally Enriched Staple Crops, the Foundation of the Food System
Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Time: 03:00 pm to 04:30 pm (SAST)
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Presenter slides and a blog will be available in the days following the event.
Abstract
This seminar will discuss how micronutrient resilience can be increased for poorer households by delivery of nutritional enriched staple crops through biofortification. It will identify the type of crops that have been nutritionally enriched, the process of nutritional enrichment, and present evidence on the impacts of consumption of these crops in terms of micronutrient status and other health benefits. The seminar will then present ideas as to how these crops can be integrated in government policies to ensure higher micronutrient availability for vulnerable households in Malawi. It will also discuss the availability of different nutritionally enriched crops in Malawi, both now and in the future.
Opening Remarks
- Arun Baral, Chief Executive Officer, HarvestPlus
Presenters
- Lynn Brown, Director of Alliances and Policy, HarvestPlus
- Dellings Phiri, Country Manager, Malawi, HarvestPlus
Moderator
- Bob Baulch, Country Program Leader/ Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Malawi
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Further Reading:
Biofortification: The evidence. A summary of research informing scaling up of biofortification to improve nutrition and health globally.
Biofortification Priority Index (BPI).
Country crop ranking.
Catalyzing the scale-up of crop biofortification.
