Workshop Programme

Contact:
FoodAfrica Secretariat
Natural Resources Institute
The University of Greenwich at Medway
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Chatham Maritime
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United Kingdom

Email: Keith Tomlins
Tel: +44 (0)1634 883360
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Programme outline
International Working Meeting Cameroon
5-9 May 2003

The five day programme included plenary sessions on each of the themes with keynotes speakers and parallel sessions on each topic. There were also poster sessions for each theme. Group Discussions Sessions were held each on themes in order to identify gaps, consider research strategies and develop recommendations.

For the full programme click here
and here for SnapShots of the Conference Dinner

Selected titles of papers to be presented

Urbanisation
• Peri-urban Typology Defined
• Urban space management, poverty and street food
• URBAN DEMAND OF PROCESSED CASSAVA PRODUCTS: CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES FACING CASSAVA PROCESSING IN NIGERIA.
• A private sector perspective on developing and exploiting the urban market for cassava
• Analysis of Rural-Urban linkages on Processed Cassava and Its Trade in South West Nigeria

Food security
• Making a complex subject simple grain market liberalisation and its relevance for food security in Africa
• Facing the food challenges in Africa: Using sustainable agriculture and participatory community development approaches
• Agricultural exports and malnutrition revisited
• Genetically modified organisms and sustainable food security in sub-Saharan Africa: An empirical assessment of evidence to date
• Impact of HIV/AIDS on Food Security in Urban Areas: The Case of Malawi

Agro-Enterprises
• Emerging Global Trends and their Implications for Post-Harvest Development in Developing Countries
• From production push to postharvest pull - is a shift of emphasis needed in the agricultural development agenda of developing countries?
• Consumer Attitudes to Food Products Processed by Small-Scale Enterprises: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa
• Which strategic approach for the support to small scale agro-based food entreprises in West Africa? Keys aspects from case studies from Benin
• Improving value addition to meet consumer needs in Africa

Food, Nutrition and Health
• POTENTIAL OF FOOD IRRADIATION TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TRADITIONAL CEREAL-LEGUME BASED WEANING FOODS
• The balance between safety and improvement of nutritional value for complementary foods in African countries
• Potential Impact of Orange Fleshed sweetpotato in Combating Vitamin A deficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Towards appropriate nutrition intervention in the HIV/AIDS era
• BOTSWANA TRADITIONAL DISHES AND THEIR NUTRITIONAL ADEQUACY IN THE DIET: IS FOOD FORTIFICATION NEEDED?

Food Safety
• Assessment of Risks from Food Chemicals and communication of risks and benefits to the public.
• The development of national food safety control systems in Sub-Saharan Africa – issues and opportunities
• Improving fish handling in Africa to ensure quality and minimise loss
• Better land management for improved food quality and supplies.

Snap-Shots from the Conference Dinner, 7 May 2003
Photos by Bruno Tran

Programme outline

Sunday 4 May
15:30 17:00 Registration

Monday 5 May
08:30 09:30 Registration + Coffee
09:45 11:00 Welcome and Opening
11:00 12:30 Cocktail

Theme I: Food, nutrition and health
13:30 14:00 Break
14:00 15:30 Theme I presentations

Tuesday 6 May
Theme II: Food safety and quality management
08:30 09:00 Keynote presentations
10:30 11:00 Break
11:00 12:00 Theme II presentations

Theme III: Impact of urbanisation on food systems
12:00 12:30 Keynote presentations
13:00 13:30 Theme III presentations
13:30 14:00 Break
14:00 15:00 Theme III presentations
15:00 17:00 Poster Presentations

Wednesday 7 May
09:00 10:30 Parallel Group Discussions themes I, II, III: identifying gaps, considering strategies and developing recommendations
14:00 16:00 Theme presentations
18:30 23:00 Conference Diner

Thursday 8 May
Theme IV: Agro-food enterprises: adding value and meeting consumer demand;
09:00 09:30 Keynote speakers
10:30 11:00 Break
11:00 12:30 Theme IV presentations

Theme V: Food security: access and quality
12:30 13:00 Keynote presentations
13:30 14:00 Break
14:00 15:30 Theme V presentations

Friday 9 May
09:00 10:30 Parallel Group Discussions themes IV and V: identifying gaps, considering strategies and eveloping recommendations
10:30 11:00 Break
11:00 12:00 Group Discussions Theme IV and V
12:00 14:00 Synthesis of recommendations and follow up
14:00 15:30 Close

Abstracts of papers presented at the International Working Meeting can be downloaded from the following links:

Food Security
Urbanisation
Agro-Enterprises
Food, Nutrition and Health
Food Safety and Quality Management