2019 Symposium

7th Annual Scientific Symposium in Nepal

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition hosted the 7th Annual Scientific Symposium was held on December 10-12, 2019 at Hotel Yak and Yeti, Kathmandu, Nepal. 

Over the past six years, these agriculture-nutrition symposia have attracted national and international academics and other stakeholders who are either interested in or are conducting research on the agriculture–nutrition pathways for application to programs and policies. The annual symposia, primarily supported by USAID has been a forum for Nepali and other regional and international scientists to present research on this pathway, engage in workshops and, to network and interact with peers across many sectors and disciplines. The event attracted academics, practitioners, policymakers, and students.

The three-day event featured:

  1. Scientific sessions on that focus on agriculture-nutrition pathways 
  2. Keynote talks
  3. Interdisciplinary panel discussions 
  4. Workshops
  5. Opportunities for networking

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Event Program

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Title

Presenter

Format

Prevalence of Aflatoxin M1 and Factors Associated with AFM1
Contamination in Breast Milk of Mothers in Banke, Nepal

Ashish Pokharel

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Assessnent on The Mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) Orchard Management  Practices  And Production Decline In Gorkha, Nepal

Ashmita Bajagain

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Promoting Nutrition through Organic Manure in Banke district [Nepalgunj]

Bir Bahadur Hamal

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Supplementary Feeding for Preventing Undernutrition –What Works? A narrative review and commentary

Bindi Borg

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Innovation of resilience farm practices of staple crop for food and nutritional security: A Study on Effect of Different Planting Depth and Mulching on Yield and Yield Attributes of Potato in Dadeldhura District of Nepal

Binod Joshi

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Nutritional and phytochemicals study of high altitude beans of Nepal

Binod S. Neupane

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Process optimization and quality evaluation of sipli , an indigenous fermented pickle of Nepal

Dinesh Subedi

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Public Private Partnerships for Good Nutrition: Lessons Learned from Suaahara II Program

Dipak Raj Sharma

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Farmer’s survey and field management of Chinese citrus fly(Bactrocera minax Enderlein) in Sweet orange orchards of Sindhuli, Nepal

Elina Gautam

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Assessment Experience from ‘Nutrition Project Implementation of
BRAC Nutrition, Which Subsequently Contributed to Social Impact

Monirul Islam

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Effect of sanitation and handwashing practices on nutritional status among under-five children in rural Nepal

Phurba Sange Moktan

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Impacts of Modern Life Style on Child Rearing Practices in Early Childhood Development

Pramisha Pokhrel

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Economic analysis of fish production in different feed types practiced in Dhanusha district, Nepal

 Pritee Subedi

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Perceptions of Food Safety Risk, Post-harvest Practices and Intertemporal Staple Crop Allocation: Evidence from Maize in Nepal

Ralph Armah

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Multivitamin supplementation and anemia prevalence among children in Bhaktapur, Nepal

Ram K Chandyo

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Factors Contributing to Household Dietary Diversity

Sriju Sharma

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Factors Contributing to Adoption of Improved Agricultural Technologies

Tribikram Dhungana

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Presenter

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Risk factors for anemia for mother-child dyads in Nepal in a national sample

Angela KC

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Enhanced, tailored antenatal care to reduce anaemia in pregnancy – Comprehensive Anaemia Programme and Personalized Therapies (CAPPT) trial

Chandani Kharel

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Prevalence and factors associated with double and triple burden of malnutrition among mothers and children in Nepal: evidence from 2016 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey

Dev Ram Sunuwar

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Nutritional Status and Dietary Practices of Elderly People Living in Community Dwelling and Old Age Home in Tanahun

Dijson Dhakal

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IYCF Practices and Nutritional Status of Chepang Children in Nepal

Jeeban Ghimire

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Data visualization tools for nutrition: Supporting decision-makers globally and in India

Manita Jangid

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Preparation and Quality Evaluation of Buckwheat incorporated Sel-rotias Fermented Cultural Food

Poonam Gupta

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Cropping diversity and diversity of food of women influences the child malnutrition on flood affected region of Siraha district, Nepal

Santosh Marahatta

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Economics of Production and Marketing of Cauliflower in Rautahat, Nepal

Seema Karki

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Theme

Title

Speaker

Format

   

Welcome to the 7th Scientific Symposium 

Ramesh Kant Adhikari Video

Opening Session

Welcome to the 7th Scientific Symposium

Andrew Thorne-Lyman

Pdf

Video 

  Opening Remarks Adriana Hayes Video 
  Inaugural Address  Dil Bahadur Gurung  Video 

Keynote Addresses

Agricultural Strategies for Improving Dietary Quality

Howarth Bouis

Pdf

Video 

 

Resilient Food Systems: Shielding from Climate Change, Commerce and Conflict

Srinath Reddy

Pdf

Video

 

Highlights: Multisectoral Nutrition Plan

Kiran Rupakhetee

Pdf

Video

Agriculture to Nutrition Pathways  

Livestock Products and Household Food Insecurity in Nigeria

Yusuf Adekunle

Pdf

Video 

 

Soils and South Asian Stunting: Low soil zinc availability drives child stunting in Nepal

Leah Bevis

Pdf

Video 

 

Pathways between agriculture and nutrition: An evidence and gap map of research tools, metrics and methods

Thalia Sparling

Pdf

Video 

 

Agriculture, food security, and nutrition: a causal mediation analysis of a multi-sectoral intervention

Kenda Cunningham

Pdf

Video 

  Public Private Partnerships to Ensure Nutritious Foods in Nepal’s Food Environment: Panel Discussion Atul Upadhyay Video

Understanding Resilience

Perspectives on Resilience

Nancy Mock

Pdf

Video

 

A novel method to measure resilience in nutrition: an application to diets of rural women and children in Nepal and Bangladesh

Gerald Shively

Pdf

Video

 

Socioecological system approach for resilience building

Erica Udas

Pdf

Video

 

Value Chain Development of Traditional Crops for Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture : Experiences from the Nepal Mountains

Devendra Gauchan

Pdf

Video

 

Assessment of Linkage Between Value Chain of Large Cardamom (Amomum subulatum, Roxburg) and Food and Nutritional Security in Bhojpur, Nepal

Arati Joshi

Pdf

Video

Multisectoral Programming  

A common approach to the measurement of costs and benefits of multi-sector nutrition programs: preliminary evidence from Nepal

KC Sagun

Pdf

Video 

 

Assessing municipal resource allocation and utilization for nutrition

Shraddha Manandhar

Pdf

Video

 

Agricultural group participation: Associations with modern farming practices and dietary diversity

Sumanta Neupane

Pdf

Video

Theme

Title

Speaker

Format 

Keynote address

Impact of connectivity on Nepali foods, food habit and nutrition

Ganga Kharel

Pdf

Video 

Study findings from the Nutrition Innovation Lab

Serum aflatoxin B1-lysine adduct concentrations are associated with both length and length for age Z-score at 2 years
of life

Shibani Ghosh

Pdf

Video

  A New Approach to Measuring Population-level Linear Growth Faltering in Pre-School Aged Children Swetha Manohar Video

 

Measuring Governance in Nutrition: Can it help explain progress or stalemate?

Patrick Webb

Pdf

Video

Contextual Factors I: Gender-Related Influences on Nutrition

Gendered Patterns of Work Intensity in Rural Nepal and India

Giacomo Zanello

Pdf

Video 

 

Revisiting the empowerment process: linkages between gender equity and nutrition in rural India

Emily Fivian

Pdf

Video

  Contextualising Adolescent Girls’ Nutrition in the Plains of Nepal Joanna Morrison 

Video

 

Understanding How Domains of Empowerment Affect ASF Consumption Across Three African Countries

Olga Munoz

Pdf

Video

Understanding and Enhancing the Links between Agriculture, Nutrition and Resilience: Panel Discussion Understanding and Enhancing the Links between
Agriculture, Nutrition and Resilience: Panel Discussion
  Video
  Resilience in Anukulan Agriculutre and Marketing Interventions  Corey O'Hara Video

 

Experience from Koshi, Kamala and Narayani river basins

Kiran Ojha

Pdf

 

Contextual factors II: Sociocultural factors influencing dietary consumption and growth

Dietary Diversity and its Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Baglung Municipality, Baglung

Vintuna Shrestha

Pdf

Video

 

Socio Economic and Cultural Factors Influence Egg Consumption Practice among 6-23 Months Children in Nepal

Femila Sapkota

Pdf

Video

 

Acceptability and utilization of fortified balanced energy protein supplements among pregnant women in rural Nepal

Tsering Lama

Pdf

Video

 

The impact of paternal labour migration on the left behind child’s growth evidence from a birth cohort in Dhanusha district, Nepal

Naomi Saville

Pdf

Video

Risk Factors for the Triple Burden of Malnutrition

Aflatoxin exposure and dietary determinants in children living in Banke, Nepal

Ashish Lamichhane

Pdf

Video

 

Anemia among Preschool-aged Children in Nepal: Variations in National Prevalence and Strength of Associated Risk Factors from 2013 to 2016

Monica Pasqualino

Pdf

Video

 

Dietary diversity and wasting among children aged 06-23 months and its’ associated factors in Dalit and Non Dalit: A cross sectional comparative study of Dhanusha district, Nepal

Anil Kumar Sah

Pdf

Video

  Vote of Thanks 

Patrick Webb

Swetha Manohar 

Video