Promoting an active role for female researchers in agriculture, food, and nutrition research

Date : November 2, 2017
Venue : U Thant International Conference Hall, United Nations University (53-70,Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan)

Program

Opening Remarks     

Masa Iwanaga  President, JIRCAS

Welcome Address(1)

Tomohiro Bessho  Director General, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)

Welcome Address(2)

Kazuhiko Takemoto  Director, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University (UNU-IAS)

Keynote Speeches

• Why the World Needs More Women Scientists for a Food-Secure Future
  Ismahane Elouafi (Director General, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture/ICBA)
• Biofortification and Agriculture’s Primary Role to Provide Nutritious Diets for National Health
  Howarth Bouis (Founding Director of HarvestPlus. International Food Policy Research Institute/IFPRI）
• The Importance of Women’s Nutrition for the Next Generation’s Health and　Community Development
  Noriko Sudo (Associate Professor, Ochanomizu University)

Session 1: Food and nutrition research by female researchers

• Indigenous Foods and their Nutritional Value: Evidences from South Asia
  Mrittika Basu (Postdoctoral Fellow, JSPS-UNU)
• JIRCAS’s Approaches to Nutrition through International Agricultural and Food Research
  Sakiko Shiratori (Researcher, JIRCAS)
• The Importance of Gender in Strengthening Food and Nutritional Resilience of Households in Madagascar
  Felamboahangy Henintsoa Rasoarahona (Vice-President, Researchers Platform for the Fight against Malnutrition, Madagascar)
• Linking Agriculture to Nutrition: The Role of Beans
  Mercy Lung'aho (Research Scientist, International Center for Tropical Agriculture/CIAT)

Session 2: Panel Discussion

Chair: Fumika Sen, JIRCAS

Closing Remarks

Osamu Koyama  Vice President, JIRCAS