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 Manon, Senior Director for Food and Nutrition Policy, IFPRI GFPR: Addressing Healthy Diets Limitations in the MENA Region. Sikandra Kurdi, Egypt Country Program Leader and Research Fellow, IFPRI Mohsen Sarhan, CEO, Egyptian Food Bank |
| PANEL DISCUSSION | 9:40 AM – 10:40 AM | Prof. Sherine Al-Shawarby Vice Dean, Nile University Business SchoolMoataz Saleh, Nutrition Specialist, UNICEFSahar Khairy, Director, National Nutrition InstituteYomna Mohamed, Head of Experimentation, UNDP Accelerator Lab Adeeb Qassem, Director of Economic Development Initiatives, HSA Group 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 AM – 11:30 AM |
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