Dear all,
First of all, let me again express our gratitude to Prof. Isaac Olu Akinyele, our former AFROFOODS coordinator, and our sadness for him passing away in March 2013. He did a lot for Africa and was involved in INFOODS activities almost from the beginning.
I am pleased to inform you that we have new AFROFOODS coordinators. During several sykpe meetings, we decided to have for the African region and each sub-region a coordinator and a vice coordinator in order to be stronger and to be able to get more work done. In addition, we held an AFROFOODS meeting on 22 July 2014 at the ANEC IV conference in Accra, Ghana, which was attended by over 50 participants.
AFROFOODS coordinator: Henrietta Nkechi Ene-Obong from Nigeria
AFROFOODS vice coordinator: Ismael Thiam from Senegal
WAFOODS coordinator: George Amponsah Annor from Ghana
WAFOODS vice coordinator: Paulina Addy from Ghana
ECSAFOODS coordinator: Zohra Lukmanji from Tanzania
ECSAFOODS vice coordinator: to be identified
CAFOODS coordinator: Pascal Christiant Kouebou from Cameroon
CAFOODS vice coordinator: Achu Mercy Bih Loh from Cameroon
Scientific Advisor: Hettie Schoenfeldt
In addition, a new position was created to collect the names of foods consumed in Africa which is not found in any food composition table. Mr. Ibukun J. Afolami ([log in to unmask]) volunteered to collect this information. I would like to thank him for volunteering to carry out this task. Please send him the missing foods from FCT. They will be used when developing new or updating the existing food composition tables and databases.
Best wishes
Ruth
INFOODS coordinator
Ruth Charrondiere, PhD
Nutrition Officer
FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Roma
Italy
Telephone: +39 06 570 56 134
Fax: +39 06 570 54593