When:
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
In many developing countries, under- and over-nutrition coexist, leading to diet-related chronic diseases. Combined with high rates of infectious diseases, these pose “double-burdens” in health. As development economist Rachel Nugent argues, the rise in non-communicable diseases has paralleled changes in the agricultural and food systems.
Agriculture must offer consumers a better mix of locally available, less-processed, and culturally appropriate items that constitute a healthy diet. Drawing on recent research, Rachel Nugent will outline how change in diets and agriculture can improve health and offer recommendations for international organizations, national governments, agrifood businesses, donors, and consumers to leverage agriculture and food to mitigate non-communicable disease
Please join us for her lecture, “Can agriculture help improve global nutrition and health?”
When: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Where: IDRC, W. David Hopper Room A, 150 Kent Street, 8th floor, Ottawa, ON
The author of a 2011 report issued by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs for the United Nations High Level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases, Rachel Nugent is a research scientist and associate professor in the Department of Global Health at University of Washington. She was most recently the deputy director of Global Health at the Center for Global Development where she led the Demographics and Development in the 21st Century Initiative, managed the Drug Resistance & Global Health Initiative, and conducted research on non-communicable diseases in developing countries. The author of numerous publications, she has a PhD and an MPhil in Economics from the George Washington University and a BA in Economics and Journalism from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She also served as a professor of economics at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, where she was department chair for four years.
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