Past
- ECOWAS Workshop
Commission UEMOA (WAEMU)
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
5-6 Sept 2007
This workshop was born from the growing recognition worldwide that for people to have good Nutrition and Health, the Agricultural and Health Sectors need to sit down together and develop a common policy.
The participants hailed from all professional backgrounds and were chosen as key people capable of making a difference in addressing malnutrition in the ECOWAS area. They included representatives from th e private sector, the research community, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Helen Keller International (HKI), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), local nutrition focal points, the secretariat for Agriculture at ECOWAS and Directors of Health and of Agriculture from the respective ministries.
During the two days the groups analysed current strengths and weaknesses in current cross-sectoral collaborations, and developed strategy objectives for the ECOWAS region and action plans for achieving them on a regional and national level.
The meeting was organised by Bioversity International and the West African Health Organisation in technical cooperation with FAO. It was supported by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), IDRC (International Development Research Centre), the Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species (GFU) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU).
The material is available in English and French:
- Agenda (PDF, 10 Kb) / Programme de l'atelier (PDF, 107 Kb)
- Background Papers (Paper 1 - PDF, 10 Kb and Paper 2 - PDF, 70Kb) / Documentes de reference (Paper 1 - PDF, 77 Kb et Paper 2 - PDF, 57Kb)
- Participants list (PDF, 11 Kb) / Liste des participants (PDF, 124 Kb)
- Report (PDF, 783 Kb - ZIP file, 726Kb) / Rapport (PDF, 4.43Mb - ZIP file, 4.10 Mb)
- Images of West African foods and of the workshop / Photographies de plantes comestibles de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et de l'atelier
- Presentations / Presentations:
- Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods: a pre-requisite for improving Nutrition and requisite for improving Nutrition and reaching the MDGs - Florence Egal (PDF, 210 Kb)
- Agricultural Biodiversity for better Nutrition and Health in
West Africa. Global Imperatives and Opportunities - Emile Frison Key Note (PDF, 1.73Mb) - State of Research - Mise a' jour sur les programmes de recherche et activitis lies aux aliments traditionnels Revue sommaire de la litterature - Pr Amadou Tidiane, GUIRO (PDF, 804Kb)
- Agriculture: Health Linkages - Marie T. Ruel (PDF, 415 Kb)
- Working together to fight all forms of malnutrition, UN Standing Committee on Nutrition - Florence EGAL (PDF, 126 Kb)
- West african indigenous and traditional foods: Frontline resources against micronutrient deficiencies and risks of diet related chronic diseases - Ifeyironwa Francisca Smith (PDF, 1.25 MB)
- Partnerships for Mobilizing the Diversity in Traditional Food Systems to Ensure Adequate Nutrition and Health in ECOWAS Member States - Thiam Ismael (PDF, 222Kb)
- Analyse des politiques et strategies agricoles visant l'alimentation et la nutrition en Afrique de l'Ouest - Dr Raymond S. Vodouhe (PDF, 72Kb)
