Poverty Reduction Proceedings Report
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Date
2016
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Academy of Science of South Africa
Sponsorship
Department of Science and Technology, the IAP, the New Zealand High
Commission in Pretoria. GenderInSITE was sponsored by UNESCO, USAID,
the Centre of Excellence in Food Security of the University of the Western
Cape, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and NASAC.
Abstract
Welcome Address from Assaf (Prof Barney Pityana,
Vice-President, Assaf) 6
Welcome from Partner Organisation (Prof Yousuf
Maudarbocus, Vice-President, Nasac) 9
Keynote Address (Dr Mamphela Ramphele, Nelson Mandela
Foundation) 10
Theme 1: Food Security and Agriculture
(Facilitator: Prof Himla Soodyall, Human Genomic Diversity
and Disease Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand) 16
The Scramble for Africa’s Food Security: Food and Nutrition Trends in
the sub-Saharan Economic Powerhouses (Prof Julian May, Director,
DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of the
Western Cape) 16
How to Look at Food Security as a Complex Issue (Dr Patrick Caron,
CIRAD, France, and Chairperson, High-Level Panel of Experts of the
Committee on World Food Security) 20
Strategy for Agricultural Transformation in Africa (2016 - 2025):
Feed Africa (Mr Joseph Coompson, Agriculture and Agro-Industry
Department, African Development Bank) 22
New Zealand-based Opportunities for Africa to Enhance its
Agriculture (Prof Hazel Chapman, University of Canterbury,
New Zealand and Founder and Director, Nigerian Montane Forest
Project, Nigeria) 26
Theme 2: Social Determination of Health
(Facilitator: Dr Oladoyin Odubanjo, Executive Secretary,
Nigerian Academy of Sciences) 33
Urbanisation as a Social Determinant of Health Imperative:
Addressing Spatial Inequality while Meeting Rapid Urbanisation –
Who Gets Left Out? (Dr Olufunke Fayehun, Nigeria Young Academy
of Science) 33
The Disease Burden – Health Infrastructure, Social Cohesion and/or
Exclusion that Affect Social Determinants of Health: HIV/AIDS, Ebola,
Description
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2016). Poverty Reduction Proceedings Report. [Online] Available at: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2016/0009
Citation
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2016). Poverty Reduction Proceedings Report. [Online] Available at: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2016/0009
Peer review status
Non-Peer Reviewed