What is your opinion on biofortification as an intervention?

Strong believer

Quite hopeful

Healthy skeptic

Very doubtful

In which discipline are you trained?

Nutrition and health

Agriculture and plant science

Marketing/Delivery

Economics/Other social science

Communications

other

With which type of institution are you associated?

Donor

Policy Formulation/Implementation

Education/Research

Program Implementation

Private sector

Other

Conference Objectives• Determine the current state of

biofortification: taking stock of research, global investment, and experience in biofortification

• Raise the visibility of biofortification as a promising agricultural intervention for public health

• Chart the future for biofortification: identifying synergies and gaps in knowledge; forging partnerships and collaborations

Agenda

• Mornings – Plenary– Agriculture perspective (1st Day)

– Nutrition perspective (2nd Day)

– Way Forward (3rd Day)

• 1st and 2nd Mornings– Keynote speech

– Paper presentation, panel comments, question and answer from the audience

• Key points from workshops (2nd and 3rd Days)

Agenda

• Afternoons – Workshops, Days 1 and 2– Each day, 2 sets of 4 concurrent workshops

– 16 workshops, 2 hours each

• Technically-oriented workshops (8)– Vitamin A (4) and Iron-Zinc (4)

• Nutrition (Day 1)

• Delivery (Day 1)

• Plant Breeding/Genomics combined (Day 2)

• Institutional Issues and Special Topics (8)

Key people for you to know

Roger Thurow – Our Moderator

Bonnie McClafferty – Conference Organization