Workshop on Health promoting and Disease preventing properties of African food plants and insects from East Africa

The International Science Council Regional Office for Africa (ISC ROA), in collaboration with its Health and Human Wellbeing Consortium organized and sponsored this workshop in Nairobi, Kenya from 7 to 8 October 2019.

Workshop on Health promoting and Disease preventing properties of African food plants and insects from East Africa

The workshop, which is the second in a sub-regional series, was attended by 48 participants made up of scientists and researchers, Indigenous Knowledge Technology (IKT) practitioners and policy makers from institutions in Burundi,Ethiopia , Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, as well as the East Africa Science and Technology Commission (EASTECO) of the East African Community (EAC), fellows of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), members of the ISC ROA Health and Human Wellbeing Consortium and staff and partners of ISC ROA.

The overall aim of the workshop was to encourage and showcase consumption of health promoting and disease preventing properties of neglected and underutilized species (NUS) of African food plants and insects from East Africa in order to promote human health and wellbeing. Some useful recommendations coming from this workshop included:

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