Francophone Knowledge Sharing Meeting
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
November 18 - 20, 2013
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The fifth TOPS Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) Network Regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting brought together 136 implementers, donors, and researchers from 39 different organizations and 17 countries for peer learning, knowledge sharing, and networking around food security and nutrition program implementation in Francophone countries.
The meeting strengthened collaboration between food security and nutrition implementing partners across sectors, organizations, and funding sources, while providing a platform for discussion of new evidence and recommendations relevant to food security and nutrition programming and opportunities for exchange of ideas and problem solving around issues of common concern.
Plenaries
Enhancing Donor-Implementer Collaboration
Concurrent Sessions
Monday, November 18
Productivity and Climate Change: Sustainable Land Development and Restoration
Environmental Enteropathy, Stunting and Behavior Change
Risk Management: Early Warning, Drought Cycles, and Other Key Tools for Practitioners
Fraud Prevention in Commodity Management
Tuesday, November 19
Improving Seed Systems and Storage: Opportunies and Services
Using Technology for Beneficiary Registration and Tracking
Using Food Aid in New Ways to Enhance Resiliency
Using Care Groups to Build Resilience in Food Security and Community Health Programs
Is Gender Only a Woman's Issue? Breaking Stereotypes in the Program Environment
Informal Microfinance and Household Resilience
Wednesday, November 20
Sharing Approaches for Achieving Improved Nutrition Through Agriculture
Management of Complex Programs: Working Effectively in a Consortium Environment
Barrier Analysis: Lessons from the Field
Developing Determinant-linked Behavior Change Activities
MARKit: Monitoring, Analysis and Response Kit for Adaptive Food Assistance Programs