Series One: The African Food System and its Interactions With Health and Nutrition
13 November 2007—9:30 - 5:45
United Nations Headquarters
New York
The Dag Hammarskjold Library Penthouse
(above the 3rd floor of the DHL)
- Secretary General Message
- Speaker Biographies
- Webcast Archives:Video 1|Video 2|Video 3
- Speakers Presentations:Chris Barrett|Ian Darnton Hill|Monty Jones|Rebecca Nelson|Per Pinstrup & Watson|David Sahn|Ronald Sibanda|Alfonso Torres|
- Photo Gallery
9:30 - 10:00am
Opening
Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director, UNU Office in New York
Keynote Address:
Message from the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon
David Skorton, President, Cornell University
Message from Konrad Osterwalder, Rector, United Nations University (UNU)
Welcome and Introductory Comments
Patrick Stover, Director of UNU Food and Nutrition Programme; Director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
Per Pinstrup-Andersen, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
Moderator: Patrick Stover
10:00- 10:20am
The nutritional situation in Sub-Saharan Africa and progress towards achieving MDG 1 for hunger alleviation
Per Pinstrup-Andersen, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
Derrill Watson, Ph. D. Candidate, Department of Economics, Cornell University
10:20 - 10:40 am
The major disease burdens for Sub-Saharan Africa and their interaction with the food systems
Onesmo ole-MoiYoi, Chairman (Provost) Kenyatta University; Senior Visiting Scientist & (formerly) Director of Research and Partnerships, International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology
10:40 - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 - 11:30 am
Strengthening the role of women in the food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve nutrition and health goals
Speciosa Wandira, former Vice-President of the Republic of Uganda
11:30 - 11:40 am
Break
Moderator: Ian Darnton-Hill
11:40 - 12:00 pm
Poverty reduction as a tool to achieve improved health and freedom from hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa
Christopher Barrett, Professor, Applied Economics and Management; Co-Director of the African Food Security and Natural Resources Management program, Cornell University
12:00 - 12:20 pm
The impact of poor health and nutrition on labor productivity, poverty and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
David Sahn, International Professor of Economics; Director of Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program
12:20 - 12:40 pm
The interaction between HIV/AIDS and the food system in Sub-Saharan Africa
Stuart Gillespie, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
12:40 - 1:00 pm
Discussion
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Lunch
Moderator: Jean-Marc Coicaud
2:00 - 2:20 pm
Fighting animal and zoonotic diseases Sub-Saharan Africa to improve the food system and human health
Alfonso Torres, Associate Dean of Public Policy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University
2:20 - 2:40 pm
Pest management, farmer incomes and health risks in Sub-Saharan Africa: Pesticides, host plant resistance and other measures (Rebecca Nelson)
Rebecca Nelson, Associate Professor, Plant Pathology, Cornell University
2:40 - 3:00 pm
Discussion
3:00 - 3:20 pm
Promoting agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve the MDGs for poverty, hunger, and health
Monty Jones, Executive Secretary, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa; co-recipient of the 2004 World Food Prize
3:20 - 3:40 pm
Prioritizing food system research to achieve nutrition and health goals
Joachim von Braun, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
3:40 - 4:00 pm
Break
4:00 - 4:20 pm
Strengthening rural markets and infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa to reduce poverty, hunger and strengthen health
Akinwumi A. Adesina, Interim Vice President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, The Rockefeller Foundation
4:20 - 4:50 pm
Discussion
Moderator: Speciosa Wandira
4:50 - 5:30 pm
Panel presentation and discussion: Towards an integrated food and health agenda for the United Nations to achieve the hunger, nutrition and health components of the MDGs
Ian Darnton-Hill, Senior Adviser, Child Survival and Nutrition, UNICEF
Ronald Sibanda, Director, Liaison Office to the Africa Union (AU) and Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), WFP
Werner Obermayer, Deputy to the Executive Director, Office at UN Headquarters in New York, WHO
5:30 - 5:45 pm
Concluding comments: Per Pinstrup-Andersen, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
Attendee Information
For those without UN ID
- Please register to attend
- Go to the UN Visitor's entrance on 46th and 1st Avenue
- Pass through the UN security screening area
- Be at the UN information desk by by 9:30am
- A UNU staff member will meet you near the desk to escort you to the venue
For those with UN ID
Please proceed directly to the fourth floor UN Dag Hammarskjold Library (DHL) by taking the elevators in the UN DHL to the 3rd floor. Then walk up one flight to the fourth floor.