2. What is your opinion on
biofortification as an intervention?
Strong believer
Quite hopeful
Healthy skeptic
Very doubtful

3. In which discipline are you trained?
Nutrition and health
Agriculture and plant
science
Marketing/Delivery
Economics/Other social
science
Communications
other

4. With which type of institution are you
associated?
Donor
Policy
Formulation/Implementation
Education/Research
Program Implementation
Private sector
Other

5. Conference Objectives
• Determine the current state of
biofortification: taking stock of research,
global investment, and experience in
biofortification
• Raise the visibility of biofortification as a
promising agricultural intervention for public
health
• Chart the future for biofortification:
identifying synergies and gaps in knowledge;
forging partnerships and collaborations

6. Agenda
• Mornings – Plenary
– Agriculture perspective (1st Day)
– Nutrition perspective (2nd Day)
– Way Forward (3rd Day)
• 1st and 2nd Mornings
– Keynote speech
– Paper presentation, panel comments, question
and answer from the audience
• Key points from workshops (2nd and 3rd Days)

7. Agenda
• Afternoons – Workshops, Days 1 and 2
– Each day, 2 sets of 4 concurrent workshops
– 16 workshops, 2 hours each
• Technically-oriented workshops (8)
– Vitamin A (4) and Iron-Zinc (4)
• Nutrition (Day 1)
• Delivery (Day 1)
• Plant Breeding/Genomics combined (Day 2)
• Institutional Issues and Special Topics (8)

8. Key people for you to know
Roger Thurow – Our Moderator
Bonnie McClafferty – Conference
Organization