Global foodnet meets UI-SouthVation webinars: Bring your own food product

Global Foodnet is a network that brings together food innovators in Kenya, southern Africa, Peru and Finland developing foods from indigenous foods with indigenous knowledge.

Global Foodnet is formed by the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), the Centre of Innovation for Andean Grains (CIINCA) at the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM), Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), University Innovations Global (UI) and the Southern Africa Network for Biosciences (SanBIO) .

Global Foodnet will feature in University Innovation Global’s SouthVation webinar series, to tell the  stories of food innovation from indigenous foods with indigenous knowledge.

The webinar Bring Your Own Food Product is the first in a three-part webinar series which will culminate into UI-SouthVation’s Challenge 2021.

Please see further information on Global Foodnet here.
 

Programme

Key Note: Kgaladi Thema Sethoga, Founder, House of Indiza

Local Knowledge of Insects for Food
Dr. John Kinyuru, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Innovative Bakery Products
Dr. Jimena Correa, La Universidad Nacional la Plata Argentina

Indulge without feeling guilty
Professor Unathi Kolanisi, University of Zululand

Q & A

Breakout-room Discussion

Wrap-up

Moderators: Professor David Katerere and Professor Ereck Chakauya.