Mr. Abdelmajid Touzani

Director of Buhler West Africa, United Arab Emirates

Abdelmajid Touzani is Managing Moroccan of 34 years is the Director of Bühler West Africa. He is a mechanical engineer with a long expertise in food processing.

He has held key positions within Bühler Group where he had to lead stakeholders and partners to develop innovative food processing plants in the African continent. He is in based in Abidjan since 3 years and he is leading the operations of Bühler group which aim to support the continent to develop its agro- food industry and overcome its dependency to feed its population.

    09:15 –10:25 PM

    03 Sept Friday

    SESSION 5 : RICE FORTIFICATION INITIATIVES

    - Overview of rice fortification initiatives: challenges and perspectives, Mr. Penjani Mkambula,Global Food Fortification Programme Manager, GAIN

    - Technologies, standards and quality assurance : WFP initiatives in rice fortification, Dr. Corinne Ringholz, Food Fortification Advisor, WFP

    - Role of private sector for improving rice fortification, Bulher Representative, Mr. Tom Gao, Team Leader, One Belt One Road Team, and Mr. Abdelmajid Touzani, Managing Director for West Africa, Bühler, with a video from Bulher about Rice fortification process.

    - Moderator: Dr. Yan Jia, Specialist in South-South Cooperation, WFP Centre of Excellence for Rural
    Transformation, China

    Plenary discussions