Date/Time: July 8, 2024 / 9:00 AM – 11:30 PM
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Venue: Fairmont Nile City, Downtown, Cairo
Background
Despite the increasing global efforts to address hunger and malnutrition, unhealthy diets are still a key driver for malnutrition worldwide, in which 3 billion people can’t afford healthy diets. The need to transform our food systems to ensure sustainable, healthy diets for everyone is more urgent than ever. Achieving meaningful change will require implementing high-impact, evidence-based solutions that are adaptable, dynamic, and equitable to fit specific contexts.
IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report outlines strategies to improve diet quality and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries. It emphasizes the need for diets that benefit both people and the planet, exploring demand-side approaches, affordability, and stronger food environments. Bringing together nutrition and diet experts from research, policymaking and development domains.
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Agenda
Master of Carmony: Ali Abdelhadi, Senior Communications Specialist, IFPRI
| The MENA Launch of IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report | ||
| REGISTRATION | 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | |
| WELCOMING REMARKS | 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM | Sikandra Kurdi, Egypt Country Program Leader and Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
| KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS: Takeaways from the 2024 GFPR | 9:10 AM - 9:40 AM | IFPRI’s Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) 2023, “Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition” Purnima Menon, Senior Director for Food and Nutrition Policy, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)GFPR: Addressing Healthy Diets Limitations in the MENA Region (by video) Sikandra Kurdi, Egypt Country Program Leader and Research Fellow, IFPRI |
| PANEL DISCUSSION | 9:40 AM – 10:40 AM | Sherine Alshawarby, Professor of Economics, Cairo University (comment on MENA chapter and reflect on Egypt)
Yomna Mohamed. Head of Experimentation, UNDP Accelerator Lab (TBC) Sahar Khairy, Director, National Nutrition Institute (Role of nutrition in guiding policy in Egypt) Magued Osman, Chief Executive Officer, Baseera (TBC) Adeeb Qassem, Director of Economic Development Initiatives, HSA Group (private sector role) Moderator: Linda Steinhubel-Rasheed, Research Fellow, IFPRI |
| Q&A | 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM | Moderator: Sikandra Kurdi, Egypt Country Program Leader and Research Fellow, IFPRI |
| Closing | 11:00– 11:15 AM | Sikandra Kurdi, Egypt Country Program Leader and Research Fellow, IFPRI |
| TEA BREAK 11:15– 11:30 PM |
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