Fwd: [youth] Summer school on Challenging Malnutrition and food insecurity in developing countries

[Moustapha Waly Diouf]

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Objet : [youth] Summer school on Challenging Malnutrition and food insecurity in developing countries
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University of Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin
4 to 30 August 2014

Background

The Food Security Center (FSC)’s mission is “to provide innovative and effective scientific contributions to reduce hunger and achieve food security, contributing towards the progress of Millennium Development Goal 1, especially towards the eradication of hunger and malnutrition”. The target groups are “people affected by hunger and/or malnutrition or people at risk of food insecurity, decision makers in developed-oriented organizations involved in the formation and implementation of food and agricultural related development policies, and scientists and graduate students at partner Higher Education Institutes”. The approach used by the FSC is multidisciplinary nature: “teaching, conducting research and providing advice in cooperation with national and international development organizations and partner Higher Education Institutes in the developing world”. Research is provided on food availability, access to food, food use, food quality and food utilization, placing particular concern on gender equality, women’s rights and sustainability in agricultural production.

 

Organizers of the Summer School

This Summer School is organized jointly by the University of Abomey-Calavi (Republic of Benin), the Food Security Center of the University of Hohenheim (Germany), EXCEED (“Program Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation”) and funded through the DAAD with funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

 

Venue and dates

The course will be held at the University of Abomey-Calavi (Republic of Benin), from 4 to 30 August 2014.

 

Participants

The course is opened to PhD students from developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

http://agri4young.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/announcement-of-the-2014-fsc-summer-school/

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