"Amman Arab University" Participates in the First Professional Nutritional Conference
Amman - Amman Arab University participated in the activities of the first professional nutritional conference, which was held under the patronage of HRH Princess Basma Bint Ali. The university was represented in the conference by Dr. Mutee Al-Shibli from the College of Business, where he chaired the first session entitled “Jordanian Food Security: “Challenges and Sustainability” and in the first session
Each of: His Excellency Minister of Agriculture Khaled Al-Hanaifat, for the role of the Ministry of Agriculture in achieving food security, His Excellency Dr. Walid Abd Rabbo, for the National Food Security Strategy, His Excellency Nabil Assaf, representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and Ms. Lama Al-Majali from the World Food Program have spoken .
During his speech, Dr. Al-Shibli stressed the importance of this conference, which is the first of its kind, on food security on the one hand, and on food practices on the other.
Several recommendations emerged from the conference, the most important of which were:
- Launching an awareness campaign to reduce the amount of food waste and spoiled food, and work to change consumption patterns, especially by switching to commodities of similar or higher nutritional value, but with less water-intensive use.
Adopting an integrated approach to food security, through public-private partnership, that includes the main elements of the food value chain, civil society organizations and international supporting organizations, and includes harvesting, transportation, import and export, processing, storage and marketing, to make food available, accessible, stable and usable with good quality at the right time and place .
