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Workshop Theme 2.
The future of food: developing more nutritious diets and safer food

Co-ordinator: Rodomiro Ortiz (Former Chair, CGIAR Alliance Deputy Executive; Director of Resource Mobilization, CIMMYT)

Speakers: Bernard Hubert (INRA), J.H. Dyno Keatinge (AVRDC, Taiwan), Richard Sikora (University of Bonn, Germany), Ross Welch (USDA/ARS - Cornell University)


Innovative ways to apply science to the development of more nutritious diets and safer food. Reducing the presence of potentially toxic compounds and allergens in staples. Increasing the presence of potentially health-promoting compounds in food to improve human health. Diversification of diets; the challenges and opportunities. The production of proteins for human and animal nutrition by novel means.

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