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ISRHML Member Spotlight: Dr Marija Djekic-Ivankovic

Member Spotlight is a monthly series for the ISRHML Trainee Blog designed to highlight the talent of TIGers around the world. Each month, one ISRHML trainee member will be selected and featured so we can get to know more about him or her and what he or she is doing within the field of human milk and lactation research. This month, we meet Dr. Marija Djekic-Ivankovic, PhD and pharmacist, who studied vitamin D in a joint program at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and McGill University, Canada.  Read more…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

was organizing a  Global Dialogue (GD) on the International Year of Pulses 2016 at its headquarters in Rome, Italy from 22 to 23 November 2016. The GD provided a forum for various stakeholders in the pulses sector, to discuss the issues and the challenges related to the production, consumption and trade of pulses and also generated a set of recommendations for concrete action and follow-up beyond 2016. Final Agenda…

The Report from IYP Regional Dialogue : Europe and Central Asia, Mirjana Gurinovic, Research Advisor (Nutrition), Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade, Serbia.

NEW interactive FAO e-learning Course:

”Improving Nutrition through Agriculture and Food Systems" available free of charge, as a global public good, through the  FAO e-learning Center, at page...

This course was developed by FAO in collaboration with the World Bank and European Union, and with technical inputs from many partners.

The International Year of Pulses 2016

The 68th UN General Assembly declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses (IYP) (A/RES/68/231)The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been nominated to facilitate the implementation of the Year in collaboration with Governments, relevant organizations, non-governmental organizations and all other relevant stakeholders.Read more...

Best practice in health claims – BACCHUS Workshop, 10th June 2016,  Penta Hotel (Brussels, BE)

 The aims of this workshop is to explore the requirements for a health claim on products including the human dietary studies likely to be necessary to generate the evidence required for positive opinion from EFSA. The programme, speakers and registration can be found here...  

International Year of Pulses 2016 Celebration,

23 March 2016, Canadian Official Residence, Belgrade, Serbia, Agenda

Pulses 2016

2016 – International Year of Pulses – Nutritious seeds for a sustainable future.

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