2018 Global Nutrition Symposium
The Missing Link: Increasing Availability of Animal-Source Foods Through Greater Production and Marketing of Quality Feeds
January 24-25, 2018 | Harmony Hotel | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Proceedings
- Proceedings of the 2018 Global Nutrition Symposium: The Missing Link: Increasing Availability of Animal-Source Foods Through Greater Production and Marketing of Quality Feeds.
Session Videos & Presentations
- Session I. Opening
- Session II. Quality Feeds: Roles and Experiences
- Session III. Working Group 1 – Solutions for Increasing the Supply of Quality Feed
- Session IV. Working Group 2 – Models and Tools for Feed Delivery
- Session V. Closing
| Speaker | Video with presentation | Presentation only |
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| Video | N/A |
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Ms. Kristen MacNaughtan, Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Video | Realizing livestock’s potential: Why animal feed is critical to achieving our strategic goals |
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Dr. Adegbola Adesogan, Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems | Video | Focus on Feed: USAID and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation collaboration on feed research and capacity building |
Poster session – Improving supply, fostering demand: Experiences in quality feeds.
Session II: Quality Feeds: Roles and Experiences
| Speaker | Video with presentation | Presentation only |
|---|---|---|
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Dr. Harinder Makkar, former Senior Animal Production Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); and Private consultant |
Video | Keynote address: Improving livestock productivity, livelihoods, human nutrition and the environment through quality feeds |
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Dr. Michael Blümmel, Deputy Program Leader ‒ Feed and Forage Development, ILRI |
Video | Mapping feed demand and supply |
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Dr. Adugna Tolera, Professor, Hawassa University |
Video | Improving the supply of quality feeds in Ethiopia: Successes and lessons learned |
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Dr. Oumou Sanon, Deputy Director, INERA |
Video | Improving the supply of quality feeds in Burkina Faso: Successes and lessons learned |
Session III. Working Group 1 – Solutions for Increasing the Supply of Quality Feed
Concurrent working groups (5) to discuss proven innovative solutions and to recommend research and development actions
Presentations:
- Achieving “forage revolution” through improved varieties and seed systems
- Presenters: Dr. Chris Jones and Dr. Jean Hansen, ILRI
- Responder: Dr. Solomon Mengistu, EIAR
- Increasing synergies and impact through dual-purpose crops
- Presenter: Dr. Tim Dalton, Kansas State University (KSU)
- Responder: Dr. Fekede Feyissa, EIAR
- Forage quality improvement
- Presenter: Dr. Michael Blummel, ILRI
- Responder: Dr. Salissou Issa, National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRAN)
- Balancing rations for productivity and profitability
- Presenter: Dr. Barry Bradford, KSU
- Responder: Dr. Bhola Shrestha, Heifer International Nepal
- Presenter: Dr. Barry Bradford, KSU
- Exploiting and preserving the quality of concentrates and by products
- Presenter: Dr. Asamoah Larbi, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
- Responder: Dr. Dirk Maier, Iowa State University
Session IV. Working Group 2 – Models and Tools for Feed Delivery
Concurrent working groups (5) to discuss proven innovative solutions and to recommend research and development actions
Presentations:
- Mapping resources and targeting technologies: Making the most of FEAST and TechFit
- Presenter: Dr. Alan Duncan, ILRI
- Responder: Dr. Nouhoun Zampaligre, INERA
- Feed microbusinesses and processing plants
- Presenter: Mr. Seyoum Bediye, EIAR and Ethiopian Animal Feed Industry Association
- Responder: Dr. Biruk Yemane, Ethio Feed PLC
- Feed supply through cooperatives
- Presenter: Dr. Carl Birkelo, ACDI/VOCA
- Responder: Matthew Karugarama, Zamura Feeds ‒ Rwanda
- Urban forage vendors
- Presenter: Dr. Marjatta Eilitta, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems
- Responder: Dr. Getnet Assefa, EIAR
- Presenter: Dr. Marjatta Eilitta, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems
- Feed reserves and transport to areas of need
- Presenter: Dr. Lemma Gizachew, FAO
- Responders: Dr. Michael Jacobs, Mercy Corps
| Speaker | Video with presentation | Presentation only |
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Mr. Seyoum Bediye, Director, EIAR and Ethiopian Animal Feed Industry Association |
Video | Developing an enabling policy framework for ensuring supply of quality feeds |
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Dr. Asamoah Larbi, Country Representative (Ghana), IITA; and External Advisory Board, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems |
Video | Summary (no presentation) |
Photos from 2018 Global Nutrition Symposium
The poster session at the Global Nutrition Symposium featured 25 studies with a connection to Ethiopia.
Dr. Faith Bartz Tarr from USAID, right, chats with members of the External Advisory Board of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.
The opening panel of the Global Nutrition Symposium.
Dr. Diriba Geleti, from the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, opened the symposium by welcoming the participants and highlighting the importance of livestock.
The keynote address by Dr. Harinder Makkar addressed “Improving livestock productivity, livelihoods, human nutrition and the environment through quality feeds.”
Participants interacted with all speakers at the Global Nutrition Symposium.
Ten Working Groups presented to the full symposium.
One working group addressed "Balancing rations for productivity and profitability."
Participants exchanged valuable insights at the Global Nutrition Symposium.
Working groups allowed participants to engage with topics of precision.
Attendees shared insights from various disciplines.
Organizers from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems is part of Feed the Future
