This side event at the Annual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week features the efforts of the Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI), a global participatory effort to create an open-access data resource on comprehensive biochemical profiles of the planet’s edible biodiversity.
Join us as we map out:
- Challenges and opportunities for evaluating food composition
- Basics of food biochemical profiling
- Applications for informing data-driven solutions
- Needs and opportunities for capacity strengthening
Speakers
- Bruce German, Professor of Food Science and Technology, University of California at Davis
- Tracy Shafizadeh, Director of Programs and Partnerships, Verso Biosciences
- Selena Ahmed, Global Director of the Periodic Table of Food Initiative, American Heart Association
- Topic: Overview of the Periodic Table of Food Initiative
- Maya Rajasekharan, Director of Strategy Integration and Engagement of the Periodic Table of Food Initiative, Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT
- Topic: Global Capacity Strengthening
Periodic Table of Food Initiative Funders:
Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
The Rockefeller Foundation
Seerave Foundation
Periodic Table of Food Initiative Secretariat:
American Heart Association
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Learn More
Find out more about PTFI here.