MICROVEG MET IDRC AND GAC IN OTTAWA, CANADA: MAY 16-17, 2017

The MicroVeg Project represented by Clement Adebooye (Regional Project Coordinator), Rotimi Aluko (Principal Investigator, University of Manitoba) and Derek Peak (Principal Investigator, University of Saskatchewan) were invited by the IDRC and Global Affairs Canada (GAC) to present the results our project to the policy makers, scientific and business communities and private sector in Ottawa region.  It was a full day meeting on Tuesday 16 May in Ottawa.  Our presentation at GAC was attended by 18 participants while 26 participants attended the presentation at IDRC. Derek gave a presentation on project overview, agronomic trial results and synchrotron tech plus GIS. Rotimi talked on value addition experiments and results while Clement gave information on the scaling up approaches. Overall, Marco, Frank, IDRC, GAC, academia and the private sectors were very happy to learn about the new things that our project is doing. Our presence will remain in their memory for quite some time. After the presentations we held a private meeting with Marco and Frank.