Posts Tagged: nutrition

EMPOWERING AGRICULTURE – GORDON CONWAY AT THE GLOBAL FORUM FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

Posted by Michael Hoevel & filed under Past Events.

Experts from across the world gathered in Berlin to attend the GFFA to discuss the development of a more resilient and productive agriculture sector. Gordon Conway and Katrin Glatzel attended the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) in Berlin in January. Professor Conway participated in the kick-off event alongside Montpellier Panel member Joachim von Braun(University Bonn), Howard Shapiro (UC… Read more »

SCALING UP NUTRITION (2011)

Posted by Michael Hoevel & filed under Publications, Reports.

On 17th May 2011, the Montpellier Panel launched a briefing paper on Scaling Up Nutrition in the UK Parliament. 195 million children are stunted. This is a third of all children in the world who are under five years old. Of these, 90% live in just 36 countries, 21 of which are in Sub-Saharan Africa…. Read more »