Date: 10-12 July 2018
Abstract deadline: 15 April 2018
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Organiser: Nkuku4U project
Summary:
This conference provides an opportunity to share research findings and lessons emanating from this ACIAR
project and other projects active in the region. It is anticipated that conference papers and posters will
highlight that there is no single, perfect diet that fits everyone but rather a series of dietary options depending
on locally available food and the age, gender and reproductive status of each person. In many resource-poor
environments, food availability is influenced by seasonal farming and production patterns, livestock
ownership, indigenous plants and animals, socioeconomic circumstances including gender, cultural beliefs
and the presence of affordable food produced elsewhere. The presentations will explore these influences
plus others including the bioavailability and density of key macro and micro-nutrients varies across different
foods and by season, and trade-offs and synergies between nutritional security, regenerative agriculture,
food safety, livelihoods, women’s empowerment and ecosystem services.
Taking a Planetary Health approach, this conference will provide a strategic opportunity to promote linkages
between nutritional programs and nutrition and gender-sensitive agriculture and value-chains at local and
national levels, with a strong focus on sustainable systems, process and policy.
Find out more on the conference website: http://sydney.edu.au/vetscience/research/Nkuku4U/events.shtml