Bouis welcome address

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What is your opinion on biofortification as an intervention?

Strong believer

Quite hopeful

Healthy skeptic

Very doubtful

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In which discipline are you trained?

Nutrition and health

Agriculture and plant science

Marketing/Delivery

Economics/Other social science

Communications

other

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With which type of institution are you associated?

Donor

Policy Formulation/Implementation

Education/Research

Program Implementation

Private sector

Other

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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

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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)

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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)

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Key people for you to know

Roger Thurow – Our Moderator

Bonnie McClafferty – Conference Organization