Promoting an active role for female researchers in agriculture, food, and nutrition research
JIRCAS International Symposium Proceedings

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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
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Creator | Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences |
Publisher | Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences |
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NII resource type vocabulary | Conference Paper |
Volume | 2017 |
Language | eng |