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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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Together for Nutrition 2015

Evidence on working across sectors for improved nutrition in Ethiopia

June 15, 2015

  • 1:00 – 10:00 pm (Africa/Addis_Ababa)
  • 6:00 – 3:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 3:30 – 12:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

Transform Nutrition, IFPRI’s Ethiopia Strategy Support Program and POSHAN (Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India) are organising this one day conference in Addis Ababa. Bringing together national policy makers, national and international researchers, donors and implementers this conference will present the most recent evidence on the major nutritional issues in Ethiopia and contribute to the ongoing local policy debate.

There will be a number of sessions for presentation and debate including:

  • Food and nutrition in Ethiopia: Trends and drivers
  • The role of nutrition-specific interventions in shaping nutrition behaviors
  • Social protection, agriculture, gender and nutrition
  • New horizons for social science research on nutrition in Ethiopia

We will also have a number of invited poster presentations which will showcase programmatic experiences of working across sectors to improve nutrition in Ethiopia.

Conference website