The minister of higher education inaugurates the activities of the national wheat day conference during the seventh cairo international innovation fair 2023 (egypt today)

Egypt celebrated National Wheat Day with a first-ever conference co-sponsored by IFPRI. Egypt Today reported that the “Minister of Higher Education emphasized the role of IFPRI and CGIAR in providing global scientific and technological support” in partnership with educational and research institutions, as well as universities. The Minister also referenced the role IFPRI had in providing research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and eradicate hunger and malnutrition in developing countries, saying it will require “taking a multidisciplinary, systems-oriented approach to reshaping food systems so that they work for all members of society in a sustainable manner. The event was organized in collaboration with the Academy of scientific research and technology and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).”

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