Mr. Dellings Phiri
Dellings Phiri has been Malawi Country Manager for HarvestPlus since 2017. Before joining HarvestPlus, he worked for several years with Seed Co Mw Ltd as Managing Director, and also for Monsanto Malawi (now Bayer Malawi) as Marketing Manager. Phiri has also worked with the National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM) as Marketing Manager responsible for creating market linkages for farmers’ produce. Phiri holds a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Heriot Watt University (Scotland) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Business Administration) degree from the University of Malawi. He has worked in the agriculture sector (Crop Seeds) for twenty years and is one of the most experienced seeds experts in Malawi.
02 Sept Thursday
SESSION 4 : PROMISING INITIATIVES TO BE PROMOTED ON FOOD FORTIFICATION : lessons learned, results and impacts
- Food fortification in Africa, constraints, opportunities and prospects Mr. Andreas Bluethner, Director of Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- PROFORT initiative: Local production of fortified supplement foods,Mr. Claude Dijibar, Representative and Country Director, WFP Chad
- Bio-Fortification of staple crops : a review of progress and opportunities in Africa, Mr. Dellings Phiri, Malawi Country Manager, HarvestPlus
- Experience of women entrepreneur on producing complementary food, Ms Simone Zoundi, Executif Officer, SODEPAL, Burkina Faso
- Community production strategy and distribution of infant flour,Prof. Hanta Marie Danielle Vololontiana, National Coordinator for the National Office of Nutrition, Madagascar
- Moderator: Katrien Ghoss, WFP Regional Nutrition Advisor in West Africa
Plenary discussions