The challenge of making science-based policy recommendation for a global food system

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Programme

Moderator: Professor Anders Wästfelt

13.00 Welcome Chairman Academy International Committee Kerstin Niblaeus

13.05 Introduction of Professor Jennifer Clapp Professor Anders Wästfelt

13.10 Why and how science matters in the development of Global Food Policies? Prof. Jennifer Clapp*, University of Waterloo, Canada

13.40 Challenges with global food systems Dr Matilda Baraibar, Stockholm University

13.50 Translating science into policy in a development context Professor Sofia Boqvist, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

14.00 Break

14.10 A global food system exposed to multiple crisis Associate Professor Assem Abu Hatab, Nordic Africa Institute

14.20 Experiences of developing research capacity in Low Income countries Dr Anna-Karin Norling, Senior Research Advisor, Swedish International Development Agency, Sida

14:30 General discussion

15.25 Summing up of the day

15.30 Mingle