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Former President John Agyekum Kufuor left Accra Monday night for a one-week visit to London, United Kingdom, to address a high level forum on the linkage between agriculture, nutrition and education.At the forum hosted jointly by the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development, the Partnership for Child Development and Imperial College, Former President Kufuor will outline the benefits of school feeding programmes to impoverished communities and the nation at large.A statement issued by Frank Agyekum of the Office of former President said the event at the UK Parliament will be on the theme: “Linking local agriculture, nutrition and education: Innovations to improve food security.”Speakers will include; Professor Sir Gordon Conway of the UK Centre for Environmental Policy; Professor Don Bundy, Lead Health Specialist at the World Bank; Dr. Boitshepo Giyose, Food and Nutrition Advisor of the New Economic Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) and The Right Honourable Andrew Mitchell MP, UK Secretary of State for International Development.The Forum aims to stimulate discussions on current innovations to improve food security and will specifically look at the need to link agriculture, nutrition and education interventions to benefit all – from farmers to families and school children.While in the UK, former President Kufuor will hold bilateral talks with Hon Andrew Mitchell, Hon Tony Cunningham Shadow International Development Minister, Members of the International Development Select Committee including the Chair Malcolm Bruce, George Osborne, Chancellor and Prof Keith O’Nions, Rector of Imperial College London rector, among others.He is expected back on 12th February, 2012.
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