Thanks Ruth am just out of Tz as indicated before. So hope to catch up wen back zohra On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:32 PM, Charrondiere, Ruth (ESN) < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1