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Day 1: FERN2023 Meeting Recordings (November 01, 2023)

Welcome & overview of the meeting: with Amos Laar (UG) & Peter Delobelle (UCT)

Plenary lecture on Food Environment: Facilitating the identification, collation, and valorization of food environment research policy and practice in Africa with Amos Laar (UG)

Panel discussion on improving food environments and food systems in Africa: policy innovations with Peiman Milani from (The Rockefeller Foundation), Sameera Mahomedy (PRICELESS SA), Rina Swart (UWC), Gershim Asiki (APHRC), Richmond Aryeetey (UG), Habiba Hassan-Wassef (ASRT), and Ali Jafri (UM6SS).

Presentations (Part-1): Food environments research & practice in Africa: Sampled exemplars with Tamryn Frank (UWC), Rebecca Pradeilles (IRD, IFPRI), Paul Currie: (ICLEI), Fiorella Picchioni (NRI), Paul Kwame Nkegbe (UDS), Gideon Amevinya (UG), and Charles Agyemang (UvA).

Presentations (Part-2): Food environments research & practice in Africa: Sampled exemplars with Milka Wanjohi (APHRC), Peter Delobelle (UCT), Isabel Madzorera (UBC), Mark Lundy (CIAT), Christine Chege(CIAT), Gideon Iheme (MOUAU) & Semnen Lambert Osakue (Choices International), and Jane Battersby-Lennard: Arua.

Summary of the day with Annabel Yeboah-Nkrumah (UG)

News

  • FERN & FoodSAMSA Webinar Series #3 September 27, 2024
  • FERN FoodSAMSA Webinar Series (#2) September 14, 2023
  • FERN FoodSAMSA Webinar Series (#1) March 27, 2023
  • MEALS4NCDs and partners launch the 2nd Africa FERN (#FERN2021) November 8, 2021
  • Launch of the “1st Africa Food Environment Research Network (FERN) Nov 3, 2020 November 20, 2020

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