Dear all,
A very interesting “INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM: Sustainable Diets -- Human Nutrition and Livestock,” will take place in Mongolia, 12-16 June 2013, see attached announcement. The programme will address a wide range of issues including meat and
dairy in human nutrition; environmental impacts of consumption and production of milk and meat; breed differences in nutrient contents of milk and meat; nutrient content of milk and meat from neglected and under-utilized livestock species; effects of grasslands
biodiversity on the nutrient content of meat and dairy; high quality protein alternatives to meat/dairy. A longer list of topics can be found on the conference website:
The call for abstracts has just been issued, with a closing date of 20 March 2013.
Hope to see many of you there. Please on-forward to relevant listservs, blogs, etc.
Regards,
Barbara Burlingame
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Barbara Burlingame, PhD
Principal Nutrition Officer (ESND)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Viale Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome
ITALY
Tel: +39-06-570-53728
Skype: barbara.burlingame