Awareness Campaign for the Global Food Loss & Waste Tracker in Africa
Announcement of international collaborations
IntelliDigest launched the Global Food Loss and Waste tracker on June 18 during the London Circular Economy Week in the UK and will be hosting an awareness campaign as well as announcing some strategic collaboration in Africa on July 29th.
The Global Food Loss and Waste Tracker will support the global effort by United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (UNFAO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to measure and manage food loss and waste so that we can achieve SDG 2 – Zero Hunger, SGD 12 – Responsible Consumption & Production, and SDG 13 – Climate Action targets by 2030.
“With a global download of the Global Food Loss and Waste Tracker app since its launch, households and businesses have demonstrated their interest to measure, track and prevent food waste and we are very keen to support them.”
“We are pleased to be collaborating with Universities, Research Organisations and relevant food related businesses to enable young graduates develop biotech and deeptech skill that will boost Agrifood innovation, building on data insight from the Global Food Loss and Waste tracker.”
“With these data, we can track food waste at every stage in the food system from farm to fork, avoiding edible food waste and managing inedible food waste more efficiently.. Additionally, it helps users to understand the monetary value and the avoidable potential greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of edible and inedible food waste. The Global Food Loss and Waste Tracker app will also enable users to share surplus food, purchase locally produced nutrient dense food and improve their health.” – Dr Ifeyinwa Kanu, Chief Executive Officer, IntelliDigest Ltd
Agenda
13:00-13:05 Opening/Welcome speech – Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University
13:05-13:20 Key not speech – Tech and Capacity Building as enablers for food sustainability by Dr Ifeyinwa Kanu
Announcing strategic collaboraiton on food sustainability
13:20-13:30 Prof. Linus Opara (UNESCO International Centre for Biotechnology and Pan African Society for Agricultural Engineers)
13:30-13:45 Dr Sonal Choudhary (STFC Food network -UK)
13:45-14:00 Prof. Nkeiru Meludu (Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Faculty of agriculture)
14:00-14:15 Prof. Solomon Nwigbo (Nnamdi Azikiwe University – Faculty of Engineering)
14:15-14:30 Dr Ifeyinwa Kanu (IntelliDigest Africa)
Announcing the distribution of Digital Scale to the first 100 users on the Global Food Loss and Waste tracker
14:30-14:35 Break/Video about the Global Food Loss and Waste tracker
14:35-14:40 Demonstrating the use of the digital scale by Kenechukwu Ejim
14:40:14:55 Panel Session
14:55-15:00 Closing Remarks by Odera Ezenwafor
Facilitators
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Dr Ifeyinwa KanuDirector, IntelliDigest and AFN Network+ Champion on BioeconomyShe holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering with research interest in the use of Artificial Intelligence to optimise Anaerobic Processes.
Dr Kanu loves nature and she is passionate about engineering solutions to address environmental and societal challenges. She is leading IntelliDigest on a mission to empower global food sustainability, eliminate food waste and zero hunger.
Dr Kanu is an Enterprise Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society of Edinburgh. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Associate Fellow of UK Higher Education.
Dr Kanu is a Champion of the STFC Food Network.
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Charles Nworji EdozieDirector, National Orientation Agency, Anambra
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Prof. Nkeiru MeluduDean School of Agriculture, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka -
Prof. Umezurike Linus OparaDirector UNESCO International Centre for Biotechnology and President Pan African Society of Agricultural Engineers -
Prof Sonal ChoudharyProfessor of Sustainable Management, York University and Principal Investigator at Science Technology Facility Council Food Network+ -
Prof. Solomon NwigboProfessor Of Mechanical Engineering at Nnamdi Azikiwe university Awka Nigeria
