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Presentations and Posters


October 28

Public Lecture

Agriculture means Business: An African Narrative

Stephen McGurk
Acting Vice-President, Program and Partnership Branch
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)


October 29

Global Food Security Conference

Feature Address

Breaking the Barriers to Food and Water Insecurity

Chandra A. Madramootoo
Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Founding Chair, ɬ﷬ Conference on Global Food Security

Session #1

Food Security in Canada
Speaker Presentation

Treena Delormier

The state of knowledge of Aboriginal Food Security

Naomi Dachner

Household Food Insecurity in Canada: Time for Action!

Colin Scott and Murray Humphries

Wildlife, land, and environmental stewardship as contributors to food security in northern Canada

Session #2

Issues of Food Security in India, Kenya and Ghana
Speaker Presentation

Grace Marquis

Food insecurity among households with young children in rural Ghana

Gordon Hickey

Up-scaling resilience enhancing agricultural innovations for food and nutrition security in semi-arid Kenya

Valérie Orsat

Enhancing food security of rural families through production, processing and value addition of regional staple food grains in India

Keynote Address

Voices of the Hungry Project and the Post-2015 Agenda

Carlo Cafiero
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

Session #3

Contributions of the Future Generation to Global Food Security
Speaker Presentation

Joanne Taylor

Is Food Security Threatened in the Creston Valley of British Columbia?

Husein Mohammed

Food security is associated with infant development and child mortality in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia

Rachel Krause

Case study of an agriculture intervention for subsistence farming families in Panama

Session #4

Setting the Groundwork for Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean
Speaker Presentation

Ajjamada Kushlappa

Improving potato production for increased food security of indigenous communities in Colombia

Leroy Phillip

Linking school feeding programmes and small holder farmers to improve nutrition outcomes of children, and enhance agricultural diversity in the Caribbean: A “farm to fork” model for food and nutrition security

Jaime Carrera

Sinergies between research and policy advocacy to improve Food Security and Nutrition

Poster Session
Presenter Poster

Julien Malard
Poster Competition Winner

Participatory development of agroecosystem ecological network models for sustainable pest management decisions

David Chen

Climate Change in the North China Plain: A Case Study of Farmer Perceptions and Adaptations in Quzhou County, Hebei Province

Logan Cochrane

Ethiopia: Food Security Beyond 2015

Patrick Cortbaoui

Caribbean Postharvest Handling: Availability in local crop production to alleviate food insecurity

Jasmine Parent

Food Security and Dietary Diversity amongst Smallholder Farmers in Haiti

Erica Seccareccia

Stunting and Obesity in the Indigenous Children of North Andean Communities of Ecuador

Pierre Tulk

Development of a community garden in the peri-urban area of Pointe-Claire, Québec

Jemie Walrod

Food insecurity and changing agricultural practices in North Andean communities of Ecuador

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