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Opening remarks
Denis Lairon, President, European Federation of Nutrition Societies
Food, nutrition security and biodiversity in West African countries:
Opportunities and challenges
Ismael Thiam, West African Health Organization, Burkina Faso
Revisiting the vitamin A fiasco: going local in Micronesia
Lois Englberger, Island Food Community of Pohnpei, Federated
States of Micronesia
The challenges of overcoming rural poverty and malnutrition through
local foods in West Africa
Amadou Tidian Guiro, Department of Animal Biology, University of Cheikh
Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
Bioactive components in indigenous African vegetables
Francis Omujal, Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Laboratory,
Ministry of Health, Uganda
Aquaculture with small fish species has the potential to improve
nutrition and combat micronutrient deficiencies
Shakuntala Thilsted, The World Fish Center, Bangladesh
Nutrition indicators for biodiversity
Ruth Charrondière, Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division, FAO
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BIODIVERSITY, FOOD COMPOSITION AND SUSTAINABLE DIETS
Chair: Barbara Burlingame, Senior Officer, Nutrition and Consumer
Protection Division, FAO
AFROFOODScall for action from the door of return
Isaac Akinyele, Elected Coordinator, AFROFOODS, Nigeria
Recent achievements in Europe through EuroFIR and BaSeFood
projects
Paul Finglas, Coordinator, EuroFIR & EUROFOODS,
United Kingdom
Research projects and activities on biodiversity, food composition
and sustainable diets among SAARCFOODS members
Thing-Nga-Ning Longvah, Elected Coordinator, SAARCFOODS,
India
Research projects and activities on biodiversity, food composition
and sustainable diets among ASEANFOODS members
Prapasri Puwastien, Coordinator, ASEANFOODS, Thailand
Achievements on biodiversity in relation to food composition in
Latin America
Lilia Masson, Professor Emeritus, University of Chile, Chile
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Working groups on recommendations