Faculty of Agriculture Planned International Conference on Food Security and Hidden Hunger


 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY NDUFU ALIKE, IKWO, EBONYI STATE NIGERIA (FUNAI)

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE (FAG),

ANNOUNCES HER

MAIDEN CONFERENCE 2017



THEME: Hidden Hunger Dynamics: Opportunities and Challenges for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals



VENUE: Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria (FUNAI)



DATE: 8th -11th October, 2017



TIME: 10am Daily



CHIEF HOST: Prof. Chinedum Uzoma Nwajiuba

Vice Chancellor FUNAI

HOST: Prof. Dr. Johnny Onyema Ogunji

Dean Faculty of Agriculture, FUNAI









Conference Background

Preventing hidden hunger in all its forms is essential for achieving almost all the Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, the Faculty of Agriculture (FAG), Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State Nigeria (FUNAI) will convene a conference in FUNAI, 8th -11th October 2017. The overall goal of the conference is to stimulate debate on hidden hunger, improve diets and raise levels of micro-nutrition, assess the implementation of policies and programmes that more effectively address today’s major micro-nutrition challenges, and enhance international cooperation on these challenges. The event will attract a large number of academics, members of the private sector, governments and their agencies, civil society groups, and international donor organizations.

Sub-themes:

Food Policy, Food Prices, Livelihoods and Nutritional well-being
Pregnancy, Child Development and Micronutrient Deficiency
Climate Change and Micro-nutrition
Livestock, Fisheries and Micro-Nutrition
Under-Nutrition, Over-Nutrition, and Hidden Hunger
Fortification: Bio, Soil and Food
Policies, Programmes, Plans, Strategies and Intervention Possibilities on Micronutrient Deficiency
Food Production, Food Quality Assurance and Hidden Hunger
Nutrition Education, Gender and Hidden Hunger
Social and Psychological Effects of Hidden Hunger
Forest Products and Hidden Hunger
Diet Therapy, Diseases and Micronutrient Deficiency
Food Safety, Value Chain Support to deliver Healthier Diets


KEYNOTE/PLENARY SPEAKERS:

Prof. Dr. Regina Birner
University of Hohenheim, Germany (Not confirmed)

Prof. N.E.S Lale
Vice Chancellor University of Port Harcourt (Confirmed)

Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu
Former Minister of Health, Nigeria (Confirmed)



ACTIVITIES

Sunday 8th October 2017 –     Arrivals / Setting of exhibition stand

Monday 9th October 2017-      Opening ceremony / Keynote speeches / Lead paper presentation /                                                    Technical session

Tuesday 10th October 2017 –   Technical session / Conference tour / Presentation of certificates of                                         participation

Wednesday 11th October 2017 – Departure

REGISTRATION

Paper processing/handling = N6, 000

Early Bird Conference Registration (Local) = N10, 000

Early Bird Conference Registration (International) = $100

Late Conference Registration (Local) = N15, 000

Conference Registration (International) = $120

Late registration starts from 25th September, 2017.

All payments to be made into:

Bank Name: Unity Bank Plc.

Account Name: Faculty of Agriculture FUNAI

Account number: 0026777179

Branch: Abakaliki, Nigeria

Bank Sort code: 215024596



CALL FOR PAPERS / PUBLICATION OPPORTUNIES

A soft copy of full papers to be presented at the conference should be sent to fagfunai2017conference@gmail.com and copy ogunjijo@yahoo.com, osakwe_i@yahoo.com, stxmoi@gmail.com and robertonyeneke@yahoo.com not later than Friday 18th August, 2017 accompanied with scanned evidence of payment of paper processing fee of N 6,000 paid into Faculty of Agriculture FUNAI account number 0026777179 of Unity Bank Plc.
Full peer review papers of high quality and standard will be published in a book of proceedings which will be provided to all registered participants.
Papers should not be more than five (5) papers, single line spacing, and font 12 with times new Roman.
Abstract not to be more than 200 words with a maximum of

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